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Joan Bodger juggles the roles of writer, storyteller, and Gestalt therapist. She grew up in a family that treasured books and storytelling. She studied storytelling at Columbia University in 1948 and co-founded the world-renowned Storytelling School of Toronto. She has published a children’s novel, Clever-Lazy (Tundra), as well as How the Heather Looks, a travelogue that explores the English sites found in children’s books (McClelland & Stewart). She is presently working on her autobiography. Joan Bodger lives in Toronto.
Mark Lang is a painter, illustrator, and graphic designer. His has created illustrations for The Boston Globe, The New York Times, The Village... Read More
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Clever-Lazy
Written by Joan Bodger
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Fairy Tales & Folklore - Single Title; Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Asia; Juvenile Fiction - Girls & Women | 978-0-88776-418-9 (0-88776-418-5) | September 1997 | 8.99
Far away, and on the other side of time, there lived Clever-Lazy, an explorer who loved to invent marvellous and useful things. She longed for a chance to do nothing but invent.
When that chance came, it was not quite what she expected. Not everyone understood her inventions. Sometimes they puzzled... [read more]
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The Forest Family
Written by Joan Bodger
Illustrated by Mark Lang
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | | 978-0-88776-579-7 (0-88776-579-3) | August 2001 | 9.99
Deep in the forest, Sylvania lives in peaceful serenity with her husband, Bernardo the woodcutter, and daughters, Rosy and Daisy, when the lure of adventure leads Bernardo into a foreign war. Years later, when he finally returns, he is an unrecognizable stranger. Using the lore of generations of women, Sylvania and... [read more]
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The Forest Family
Written by Joan Bodger
Illustrated by Mark Lang
Hardcover | Tundra Books | | 978-0-88776-485-1 (0-88776-485-1) | August 1999 | 18.99
Deep in the forest, Sylvania lives in peaceful serenity with her husband, Bernardo the woodcutter, and daughters, Rosy and Daisy, when the lure of adventure leads Bernardo into a foreign war. Years later, when he finally returns, he is an unrecognizable stranger. Using the lore of generations of women, Sylvania and... [read more]
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Tales of Court and Castle
Written by Joan Bodger
Illustrated by Mark Lang
Introduction by Ken Setterington
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Classics; Juvenile Fiction - Legends, Myths, Fables - Arthurian; Juvenile Fiction - Fairy Tales & Folklore - Anthologies | 978-0-88776-614-5 (0-88776-614-5) | November 2003 | 12.99
Selected by the Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education as one of the 2004 Best Children’s Books for the Year
The late Joan Bodger was known internationally as one of our foremost storytellers. At the heart of her repertoire were the great medieval tales of lords and ladies, treachery... [read more]
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