Bonnie Shemie

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Bonnie Shemie (born May 10, 1949) is an author and illustrator who has written educational books for children including a series about Native American dwellings. [1] [2] She was born in the U.S. and lives in Canada.

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Her writing focuses on different cultures' pre-modern construction techniques, as well as their belief systems. [3]

Life and career

Shemie (née Brenner) was born on May 10, 1949, in Cleveland, Ohio to parents William and Louise Brenner. [1] She studied architecture in the United States before moving to Montreal, Canada, in 1972. [4] In 1974, she married Milo Shemie. [1] From 1973 to 1976, she worked as a graphic designer and illustrator for advertising agencies in Montreal. She went on to pursue a career as a freelance illustrator, and later as an author and illustrator of children's books. [1]

Shemie's Native Dwellings series started with the book, Houses of Snow, Skin and Bones: Native Dwellings, the Far North, published in 1989. [1] The book was aimed at children and contained detailed descriptions of the homes built by Inuit tribes in Alaska. [1] The work was praised and Noel McDermott in Canadian Children's Literature called it "a well-written and beautifully illustrated book, in which carefully researched information is presented, clearly and accurately and without any tendency to eulogize or romanticize." [1]

Shemie's book Houses of China was described as "excellent". [3] Her book Houses of Hide and Earth was described as accessible and appealing while Shemie's research for her books was lauded. [5]

Selected works

Native Dwellings series

Others

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  2. ↑ "Houses of bark : tipi, wigwam and longhouse : native dwellings : woodland Indians / Bonnie Shemie". Smithsonian Institution.
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  4. ↑ "Children's book week: Unique homes focus of talk". Times Colonist. 1996-11-07. p. 28. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  5. ↑ Peterson, Andie (October 19, 2007). A Second Look: Native Americans in Children's Books. AuthorHouse. ISBN   9781452087870 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Skogan, Joan (November 1989). "Houses of Snow, Skin and Bones - Native Dwellings: The Far North". CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People. Canadian Library Association. 17 (6). Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Wells, Joan (1991-01-12). "Book takes informative look at architecture of natives". The Ottawa Citizen. p. 88. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  8. ↑ Fry, Patricia (March 1993). "Houses of Wood: Native Dwellings of the Northwest Coast". CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People. Canadian Library Association. 21 (2). Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Shemie, Bonnie (March 31, 1995). Mounds of earth and shell: native sites : the southeast. Tundra Books. ISBN   9780887763526 – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ Boer, Fred (December 1996). "Houses of China". Quill & Quire .
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  12. ↑ Lawlor, Patty (March 2001). "Building Canada". Quill and Quire.
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  14. ↑ Hoyte, Carol-Ann (Fall 2002). "Building America". Montreal Review of Books. AELAQ (Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec). Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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