Local Author Showcase + Workshop: Featuring Jennifer Dale Stables and the Seeding Readers Collection

SUNDAY SEPT 20, 1:00-2:00PM

Seeding Readers was initiated by the Calgary Reads Big Book Sale with funding support from Rotary Club of Calgary Downtown.

As part of this initiative, a new picture book, written by a local author and illustrated by a local artist, is published every year. There are three picture books currently in the Seeding Readers Collection: The Teeth of the Lion, written by Barry Thorsen and illustrated by Jennifer Dale Stables; Book Bus Magic written by Patricia L. Atchinson and illustrated by the Seeding Readers Crew lead by Jennifer Dale Stables, and Tears Are Good written by Jaclyn Brown and illustrated by Jennifer Dale Stables.

As the lead illustrator of all three Seeding Readers books, Jennifer Dale Stables will read from the books in this showcase, share what it takes to bring a book into the world, and lead participants in an illustration activity.

Jennifer Dale Stables is a children’s book author/illustrator, Teaching Artist, visual artist, and puppeteer, and with over 20 years of experience in arts and education. She holds a B.F.A., a B.Ed., and a Certificate as a Therapeutic Arts Practitioner.

Through her business, Jenny Dale Designs, she creates whimsical illustrations, sculptures, puppets, and paintings, and has authored and/or illustrated more than 20 children’s books. Over the course of her career, Jennifer has led school art residencies for schools across Calgary and throughout Alberta, working in a wide range of visual media and arts-integrated learning contexts, in addition to working as a classroom teacher. Jennifer currently teaches Kindergarten with the Calgary Board of Education.

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This workshop is intended for families and children of all ages. Each family will have the chance to choose one of the books from the Seeding Readers Collection to take home and keep.

This workshop is presented in collaboration with the Writer's Guild of Alberta as part of their "Stroll of Poets" event happening in Inglewood from September 17-20. For more information on the festival click here.