We want to help you make time to read as a family by joining Ridley teachers and our special guest authors for engaging activities that will reignite your love of reading together - just in time for Family Day weekend!
This free in-person event is for prospective and current JK-Grade 8 Ridley families.
Meet Our Special Guest Authors
Dr. Kari-Lynn Winters
Guest Author for JK-Grade 4
Dr. Kari-Lynn Winters is an award-winning Canadian children's author, playwright, performer, and academic scholar. Since 2007, she has authored over 33 books. Kari-Lynn holds a Full Professor position in Brock University's Faculty of Education, where she teaches literacy and the arts to teacher candidates. Her research interests include equitable arts education, literacy, authorship, children’s literature, and embodied literacies. See her website: www.kariwinters.com.
Adam Shoalts
Guest Author for Grades 5-8
Declared one of the “greatest living explorers” by Canadian Geographic and named “Canada’s Indiana Jones” by the Toronto Star, Adam Shoalts is a professional adventurer and the author of four national bestselling books.
His career has included mapping rivers, leading expeditions for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and Mountain Equipment Co-op, archaeological digs, tracking endangered species, and completing a nearly 4,000 km solo journey across Canada’s Arctic.
Shoalts' writing career began with his “Reflections of a Naturalist” column on wild animals and conservation, which later led to his #1 national best-sellers Alone Against the North and Beyond the Trees, the award-winning story of his adventures.
