Sometimes fairy tales do come true. Fantastic news – former student and formidable writer Laurel Croza, whose book I know here, based on a Ryerson True to Life writing class assignment, was published a few months ago, has received a glowing review in the New York Times! This is the first time her publisher Groundwood has received a major review in the Times, with an illustration. Big, big news for the press, for the book, and especially for Laurel and for Matt James, the illustrator. Amazing and wonderful. It ends:
Book launch date: Monday November 6
We in Ontario are bewildered — it’s hot and sunny day after day, one stunning week after another, more like
