(A.) Aubrey Davis (1949-) Biography - Career, Awards, Honors, Writings, Sidelights - Personal, Member, Adaptations
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Born 1949; Education: University of Toronto, B.A., 1974; University of Western Ontario, B.Ed., 1975; University of Toronto, M.Ed., 1987, specialist certificates in special education and drama education, 1990. Hobbies and other interests: Reading, hiking, canoeing, fishing, biking, Tai Chi.
Writers' Union of Canada, Storytellers of Canada, Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers, Storyteller's School of Toronto, Canadian Children's Book Centre, IBBY Canada, Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario, Elementary Teachers of Toronto.
Bone Button Borscht was performed in Toronto, Ontario, December 4, 2003, with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and a guest group, Finjan, narrated by Barbara Budd. A version performed by the Winnipeg Symphony is available on compact disc.
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Bone Button Borscht, illustrated by Dusan Petricic, Kids Can Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1995. Sody Salleratus, illustrated by Alan and Lea Daniel, Kids Can Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1996. The Enormous Potato, illustrated by Dusan Petricic, Kids Can Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1997, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1998. Bagels from Benny, illustrated by Dusan Petricic, Kids Can Pres…
Aubrey Davis is a writer, storyteller and oral language teacher for developmentally challenged children. He drifted into writing when he was asked to tell a Chanukah story to very young children and couldn't find one that suited him. He told SATA: "In desperation I wrote one myself. Bone Button Borscht was born of necessity. The children loved it and so did the publisher to whom I se…
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