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Tundra Author Deborah Hodge is the award-winning author of more than 20 books for children. They include picture books, Canadian history, and wildlife, science and nature books. Her recent title, Lily and the Mixed-up Letters, was chosen by IBBY as an Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities. Deborah also won the Information Book Award from the Children’s Literature Roundtable of Canada.

Before becoming an author, Deborah was a primary school teacher, then a curriculum writer, editor and instructional designer for the British Columbia Ministry of Education. Today, she works as a full-time writer and as a speaker at conferences and schools...  Read More

For more information about the author, please visit her blog.



book cover Emma's Story
Written by Deborah Hodge
Illustrated by Song Nan Zhang

Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Family - Adoption; Juvenile Fiction - Family - Orphans & Foster Homes | 978-0-88776-632-9 (0-88776-632-3) | October 2003 | 22.99

When Emma sets out to make a cookie family with her Grandma, the happy afternoon suddenly turns sad. The cookies are meant to look like her family, but hers is the only one with licorice hair and eyes. She doesn’t look like the others; does that mean she doesn’t belong?

In gentle... [read more]

book cover Lily and the Mixed-Up Letters
Written by Deborah Hodge
Illustrated by France Brassard

Hardcover | Tundra Books | Family & Relationships - Learning Disabilities; Education - Decision-Making & Problem Solving; Family & Relationships - Education | 978-0-88776-757-9 (0-88776-757-5) | March 2007 | 21.99

When Lily was in kindergarten she enjoyed school and she was happy. Now, she’s in grade 2 and she doesn’t feel like she’s good at anything. The trouble is reading. Whenever she tries, the letters jump around and get all mixed up — and so does she.

When Lily’s teacher announces... [read more]

book cover Rescuing the Children
Written by Deborah Hodge

Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - History - Holocaust; Juvenile Nonfiction - History - Europe; Juvenile Nonfiction - People & Places | 978-1-77049-256-1 (1-77049-256-9) | October 2012 | 19.99

This important book tells the story of how ten thousand Jewish children were rescued out of Nazi Europe just before the outbreak of World War 2. They were saved by the Kindertransport — a rescue mission that transported the children (or Kinder) from Nazi-ruled countries to safety in Britain.

The book includes... [read more]

book cover Rescuing the Children
Written by Deborah Hodge

eBook | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - History - Holocaust; Juvenile Nonfiction - History - Europe; Juvenile Nonfiction - People & Places | 978-1-77049-366-7 (1-77049-366-2) | October 2012 | 11.99

This important book tells the story of how ten thousand Jewish children were rescued out of Nazi Europe just before the outbreak of World War 2. They were saved by the Kindertransport — a rescue mission that transported the children (or Kinder) from Nazi-ruled countries to safety in Britain.

The book includes... [read more]

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