mail	3099 Departure Bay Road Nanaimo, BC
ph	250-751-2877
e	dellaburford@hotmail.com
web	http://www.dodoland.com http://www.woodstreamstudio.com

Biography

Della is an both an author and illustrator with 7 books. Her books are pictures books, educational and poetry. She has shared her books in 300 schools across Canada. She was an "Inner City Angel" artist leading art and creative writing workshops in Toronto schools for twenty years. She has lead many projects in helping students and guiding teachers in a process to write and illustrate their own stories. Her "Dodoland story" and "Magical Earth Secrets" story were performed for 100,000 children in New York including the Museum of Natural History, BAM ,Citycorp, Lincoln Center Library, and even the Smithsonian - she was Co-Director,costume designer and playwright of these productions. She has storytold - stories were performed all over the world including Gautemala, Italy, Mexico, Holland, Sweden, England and Korea. Her environmental story was featured at the World Island Festival on Jeju Island and students learned english and dramatized her story at the Dream Center in Kyeongju. She helped edit and design a book for a Celtic project which took her to Wales, Ireland, and Cornwall. Recently published was "Miracle Galaxy" which has eight healing angels for health and happiness and "Dodoland Adventures".

Book types: picture books, juvenile fiction, YA fiction, YA nonfiction, poetry, educational books, playwrights

Guest speaker/presentation information

Presents workshops or talks on various topics such as:
Using Imagination and being Creative
Cross Curricular Ideas for Teaching the Environment
Creating Stories to Heal
Journeys with a Celtic Mystique
Storytelling of "Dodoland Adventures"
"Magical Earth Secrets"
"Miracle Galaxy"

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, college/university/adult

Published work

Journey to Dodoland
Magical Earth Secrets
The Environmental Activity Guide
Untitled Poetry
The Out of the Ordinary Extraordinary Friends
Dodoland Adventures (both hard and soft cover)
Miracle Galaxy(both hard and soft cover)

Awards & recognition

PIA Award for best graphic art for "Journey to Dodoland"
Represented Canada at the World Island Festival in Korea
Celebrity storyteller at the South Coast Plaza - Children Festival with 50 charities involved
Popular destination for children world-wide " Dodoland in Cyberspace - 14 million hits in 14 years.