mail	#428 4280 Moncton Street Richmond, BC V7E6T4
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e	jeannebushey@yahoo.ca

Biography

In 1973, Jeanne Bushey emigrated from the U.S. to Iqaluit, Nunavut with her husband and their two daughters. As a primary teacher in a predominately Inuit elementary school, she quickly realized she needed to learn Inuktitut in order to communicate with her young students. This began Jeanne's enduring interest in the Inuit people, their language and culture.
In 1978, Jeanne and her family moved to Yellowknife, N.T. where Jeanne continued teaching. In 1981, she co-founded the Mildred Hall Festival of Drama which annually entertained Yellowknifers with three evenings of Native and non-Native one-act plays for over seventeen years. In 1994, Jeanne's first book, A Sled Dog for Moshi, was published by Hyperion Press Ltd. This began several years of writing during which Jeanne wrote short stories, educational articles, a parenting column, and published Holiday Hang-up's, an arts and crafts book of seasonal mobiles.
In 1999, Jeanne and her husband moved to Richmond, B.C. where she continues to write children's books. No longer a full-time teacher, Jeanne enjoys visiting schools and sharing her books and knowledge of the Canadian Arctic. She is available in the lower Mainland for author visits and presentations about the Inuit and their culture.

Book types: picture books, educational books

Guest speaker/presentation information

Author visit: grades 2-6: book reading and talk about writing
as a career using examples of Jeanne's work
Inuit Presentation: grades 3-6: book reading and display of
Inuit clothing, dolls, art, jewelry, etc.
Inuit Legend Writing Workshop: grades 4-6: discussion of
Inuit legends followed by writing an Inuit legend in class
Combined Presentation: grades 4-6: Inuit Presentation and
Legend Writing Workshop.

Presentation geographic range: Vancouver, Coast, Lower Mainland

Presentation audience age groups: primary school, grades K-3, grades 4-6

Published work

Inuit Still (Scholastic, 2006) non-fiction
A Sled Dog for Moshi ( reprinted by Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2005)
Wild Horses Couldn't Keep Me Away (Scholastic, 2005)
Orphans in the Sky (Red Deer Press, 2005)
"The Boy Who Became A Caribou"(chickaDEE, Dec. 2002)
The Polar Bear's Gift (Red Deer Press, 2000)
Holiday Hang-ups (Incentive Publications, USA, 1995)
A Sled Dog for Moshi (Hyperion Press Ltd., 1994)

Awards & recognition

Orphans in the Sky: Nominated for the Shining Willow Award 2006; Great Books for Children Award: Canadian Toy Testing
Council, 2006
The Polar Bear's Gift: Nominated for Nabisco's Mr.Christie's Book Award 2001; the Shining Willow Award 2001; the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbons Award 2001
"Anxious Anthony": Mayhaven Publishing Award for Fiction 2001
"Wild Horses Couldn't Keep Me Away": SouthWest Writers Award 2000
A Sled Dog for Moshi: American Library Association "Pick of the Fall" 1994