mail	137-3300 Capilano Rd North Vancouver, BC V7R4H8
ph	604-980-1118
cell	604-805-9277
e	dsmith@mapping.com
web	http://www.mapping.com

Biography

26 years in the grade 7 classroom, now just doing presentations for schools, libraries, and conferences on what I call "world-mindedness" and on geography across the curriculum. I've presented in 50 countries and 49 of the 50 US States, but so far in Canada only Ontario and BC. My wife Suzanne and I moved to BC in April 2009, from the US East Coast.

Book types: picture books, juvenile nonfiction, educational books

Guest speaker/presentation information

Interactive assemblies for K through 12; lectures, seminars, and workshops for teachers (pre-service and in-service). Full list upon request.

Presentation geographic range: Vancouver, Coast, Lower Mainland, Gulf and Vancouver Islands, Thompson Okanagan, Northern British Columbia, Cariboo Chilcotin Coast, Kootenay Rockies, The Territories, Canada - beyond BC, USA

Presentation audience age groups: primary school, grades K-3, grades 4-6, grades 7-8, high school, college/university/adult

Published work

"Mapping the World By Heart", Scholastic, 1992 (8th ed 2008)
"If The World Were A Village", Kids Can Press 2002, now 17 printings and republished by 19 publishers in 16 languages around the world.
"If America Were A Village", Kids Can Press 2009. Published August, 2009.

Awards & recognition

Alliance for Children And Television -- 2007 Award of Excellence
Italian Edition Won "Premio H.C.Andersen" 2003
International Reading Association Children's Book Award 2003
IRA and Children's Book Council Children's Choice Book for 2003
International Reading Association Teachers' Choice Book for 2003
National Parenting Publications Awards -- Gold Award Winner 2003
Smithsonian Magazine "Notable Book of the Year" 2003