SHEREE FITCH

Place of birth: Ottawa, Ontario
Place of residence: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Sheree Fitch, poet, writer, and performer, is the author of several picture books. The poetry in her first book was created long before it was published. When her first son was born she began writing poems for him -- in a way, passing on the legacy of the love of language which had been so important in her family home. A second son was born; she attended university (receiving a B.A. from St. Thomas University in Fredericton, N.B. and working on an M.A. at Acadia University in Wolfville, N.S.); and she began a busy career performing her poems in schools throughout Atlantic Canada, before she was persuaded to send her material to Doubleday Canada. With her writing and her performances, Sheree Fitch aims to share her love of words with others so that they may enjoy and cherish the gift of language as she does.

Awards

Selected Bibliography

Books for Children

I Am Small. Illustrated by Kim LaFave. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1994.
32 p.: col. ill.; 22 cm.
ISBN 0385254555

Mabel Murple. Illustrated by Maryann Kovalski. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, c1995.
24 p.: col. ill.; 21 cm.
ISBN 0385254806

Merry-Go-Day. Illustrated by Molly Bobak. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1991.
48 p.: col. ill.; 27 cm.
ISBN 0385252447

Sleeping Dragons All Around. Illustrated by Michele Nidenoff. Toronto: Doubleday, 1991 (c1989).
32 p.: col. ill.; 28 cm.
ISBN 0385253982

There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen! Illustrated by Marc Mongeau. Toronto: Doubleday, 1994 (c1992).
32 p.: col. ill.; 28 cm + 1 sound cassette.
ISBN 0385254709 (pbk.)
ISBN 0385255047 (sd. cassette)
ISBN 0385254962 (kit)

Toes in My Nose and Other Poems. Illustrated by Molly Bobak. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1995 (1987).
47 p.: ill. (some col.); 21 cm + 1 sound cassette.
ISBN 0385253257 (book)
ISBN 0385255217 (set)
ISBN 0385255462 (sd. cassette)

Books for Adults

In This House Are Many Women. Fredericton, N.B.: Goose Lane, c1993.
121 p.; 18 cm.
ISBN 0864921640

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