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Feb 22, 2022 Posted by Barbara Haworth-Attard

How To Write a Story

Here is a great resource for teachers for middle-grade students. Also very kid-friendly, with exercises to improve their writing and great graphics! Download this PDF workshop on How To Write A Story. Many thanks to my brilliant nine-year-old granddaughter who created this presentation! I gave her the information and she did everything else! I am so not a techy! Enjoy! Download below How to write a... read more

Oct 8, 2020 Posted by Barbara Haworth-Attard

Writing in a Pandemic

Everyone has been asking me if I have been getting a lot of writing done during the pandemic. Uh…no. I find I can’t concentrate enough to create, too much going on, and after beating myself up about it, decided it was okay. Sometimes we just need to be as nice to ourselves as we would tell others to be. So instead I have been working on getting a book I published in 1998, and the publisher... read more

Dec 1, 2019 Posted by Barbara Haworth-Attard

A Time For Giving – Ten Tales Of Christmas

A Time For Giving Ten Tales of Christmas A Time for Giving, Ten Tales of Christmas, are stories based on characters from Scholastic Canada’s Dear Canada series written by Canada’s top... read more

Nov 2, 2019 Posted by Barbara Haworth-Attard

WyndMagic

WyndMagic (Sequel to TruthSinger) In this sequel to the highly successful TruthSinger, Katie, apprentice WyndCaller, is learning to harness the power of the wind to practice magic. Used wisely, WyndMagic creates harmony, but it’s misuse releases chaos… chaos Katie unwittingly exacerbates when she succumbs to the magic’s lure. She needs magic just as her father is addicted to... read more

Feb 2, 2019 Posted by Barbara Haworth-Attard

TruthSinger

Nathan loves music and is able to hear songs, songs that reveal the truth of whatever or whoever he meets. But he fears that his music and ultimately, Nathan himself, have played a very big role in his parents’ separation. To add to his worries, Nathan has moved with his mother, to his Uncle Nevill’s house, an eccentric, mysterious old man. He also has to deal with a school bully, and an... read more

About The Author

Barbara Haworth-Attard is a native of Elmira, Ontario, Canada presently residing in London, Ontario Canada with her family. June 1995 saw the publication of her first junior novel, Dark of the Moon. Since then she has written sixteen novels in the historical fiction, fantasy, contemporary and mystery genres for middle-grade and young adult readers. Her latest book is , “Dear Canada, To Stand On My Own, the Polio Diary of Noreen Robertson” from Scholastic Canada. Barbara’s books have been published world-wide.