CHRISTOPHER MOORE has been called Canada's most versatile writer of history. His first book,
Louisbourg Portraits, won a Governor General's Award, and in 2011, his book
From Then to Now: A Short History of the World, won the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature.
The Story of Canada (co-authored with Janet Lunn), a history of Canada for young people, won the Mr. Christie Award for Children's Books. He also co-authored the authoritative
Illustrated History of Canada and wrote
1867: How the Fathers Made a Deal.
Christopher Moore's writing has appeared in magazines, newspapers, film scripts, radio documentaries, guidebooks, reference works, and even computer simulations. He lives in Toronto. Visit www.christophermoore.ca.
BILL SLAVIN has illustrated over one hundred books for children, including the acclaimed Stanley's Party by Linda Bailey, three books in the Great Ideas Series by Monica Kulling, Little Chicken Duck by Tim Beiser and, most recently, Who Broke the Teapot?!, which he also wrote. Among his many honors, he has won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, the Blue Spruce Award, the California Young Reader Medal and the Zena Sutherland Award for Children's Literature. Bill lives near Millbrook, Ontario.
