Occupation Author Name Sheryl McFarlane | Role Author | |
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Genre Children's Literature / Young Adult Fiction Books Jessie's Island, Waiting for the Whales, A Pod of Orcas, The Smell of Paint, This is the Dog | ||
Sheryl McFarlane is a Canadian author of fourteen books for children and young adults.
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Career
Sheryl was born in the Ottawa Valley, grew up in Arizona and has lived on the West Coast of Canada since 1974. A former teacher, Sheryl often visits schools and speaks at seminars across Canada on topics related to children's literature.
A graduate of the University of British Columbia, Sheryl received her B.Ed. in Science and Canadian Studies
Among her best selling children's books are Waiting for the Whales, A Pod of Orcas, Jessie's Island, This is the Dog and Eagle Dreams.
Her first young adult novel, The Smell of Paint, won a Moonbeam Award gold medal in the Young Adult category and was selected by the Canadian Children's Book Center as a 2007 best book of the year.
Sheryl lives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Awards and nominations
Waiting for the Whales
Eagle Dreams
Tides of Change
A Pod of Orcas
This is the Dog
What's That Sound? In the City in the City & What's That Sound? On the Farm
What's That Sound? By the Sea
The Smell of Paint