Maxine Trottier

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Maxine Trottier
Born (1950-05-03) May 3, 1950 (age 73)
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma mater University of Western Ontario
Notable works The Tiny Kite of Eddie Wing
Notable awards

Maxine Trottier (born May 3, 1950) [1] is an American-born Canadian educator and writer.

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Biography

Trottier was born May 3, 1950 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. She immigrated with her family to Windsor, Ontario when she was 10 years old and became a Canadian citizen in 1970 at age 20. [2] [1] She graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a degree in education [1] and taught elementary school for 31 years. [3]

Trottier published her debut novel, Alison's House, in 1993 and has since published over thirty books, many of which have been published in French. [1] She is known for writing about the history of Canada. She draws on her own mixed racial heritage as a descendant of Métis ancestors. Many of her books feature bilingual English/Mi'kmaq texts. [2]

Her book Claire's Gift received the Mr. Christie's Book Award  [ fr ]. The Tiny Kite of Eddie Wing won the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award. [4]

Trottier currently lives in Newfoundland. [3]

Awards and honours

The following are Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Awards selections: Alison's House (1993), [2] The Voyage of Wood Duck (1995), and Heartsong (1997). [2]

Sister to the Wolf is a 2006 ALSC Notable Children's Book. [5]

Migrant is a Junior Library Guild [6] and USBBY Outstanding International Books List selection. [7] The New York Times included it on their list of the then best illustrated children's books of 2011, [8] and it is a 2012 ALSC Notable Children's Book. [6] [9]

Awards for Trottier's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
1996 The Tiny Kite of Eddie Wing Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award Winner [2] [4] [10]
1999Claire's Gift Mr. Christie’s Book Award Winner [2] [11]
2002By the Standing Stone Forest of Reading Red Maple Award Finalist [12]
2002Under a Shooting Star Geoffrey Bilson Award Finalist [13]
2004Dear Canada: Alone in an Untamed Land Forest of Reading Silver Birch Award for FictionFinalist [14]
2005Our Canadian Flag Forest of Reading Blue Spruce AwardFinalist [15]
2005Sister to the Wolf Forest of Reading Red Maple Award Finalist [12]
2006The Death of My Country Geoffrey Bilson Award Finalist [13]
2007Three Songs for Courage Forest of Reading White Pine AwardFinalist [16]

Publications

Children's fiction

"Dear Canada" series

  • Alone in an Untamed Land: The "Filles du Roi" Diary of Héllène St. Onge, Scholastic Canada, 2004.
  • The Death of My Country: The Plains of Abraham Diary of Geneviéve Aubuchon, Scholastic Canada, 2005.

Children's nonfiction

"Scholastic Canada Biographies" series

  • Canadian Pioneers, illustrated by Alan and Lea Daniel, Scholastic Canada, 2003.
  • Canadian Greats, illustrated by Marc Thurman, Scholastic Canada, 2003.
  • Canadian Inventors, Scholastic Canada, 2004.
  • Canadian Stars, Scholastic Canada, 2004.
  • Canadian Artists, Scholastic Canada, 2006.
  • Canadian Explorers, Scholastic Canada, 2006.
  • Canadian Leaders, Scholastic Canada, 2006.
  • Canadian Heroes, Scholastic Canada, 2007.

Contributions

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  5. ↑ ALA's Guilde to Best Reading in 2006 (PDF). American Library Association. 2006. p. 6.
  6. 1 2 "Migrant by Maxine Trottier". Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  7. ↑ "USBBY honours Canadian titles!". Canadian Children's Book Centre . 2012-02-06. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  8. ↑ "NYT 10 Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2011". Shelf Awareness . 2011-11-04. Archived from the original on 2023-02-04. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  9. ↑ Schulte-Cooper, Laura (2012-03-13). "ALSC announces 2012 Notable Children's Books". American Library Association . Archived from the original on 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  10. ↑ "1996 Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award Recipient: Maxine Trottier". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  11. ↑ "1999 Mr. Christie's Book Award Recipient: Maxine Trottier & Rajka Kupesic". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2023-01-28. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  12. 1 2 Red Maple Award™ Winners and Nominees 1998–2022 (PDF). Ontario Library Association. p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-07-01. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  13. 1 2 "Previous Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People Winners and Finalists". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  14. ↑ Silver Birch Fiction Award® Winners and Nominees 1994–2022 (PDF). Ontario Library Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-07-01. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
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