My YA Picks now available in Best Books for Kids & Teens 2013
A few months ago, I was honoured to be asked to be one of the judges picking the YA Best Books for 2013 on behalf of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre. I blogged about getting all the books and then making the decision about would make the cut with a team of...An Overdue Tour of the Multi-School Minecraft Server
Since we launched the Multi-School Minecraft server in early 2012, myself and my GamingEdu pals have received a lot of questions about it. The most common question is usually: “What the heck is the Multi-School server and how does it work?” It can be...From the Vault: My interview with James Paul Gee from 2004
Back in 2003, I was a struggling freelance writer with a few graphic novels for kids under my belt. I was pitching articles to magazines, playing a lot of video games and wondering if a career in teaching was for me. That was also when I stumbled upon a newly released...Writing Comics Workshop for Kids Session 1: Brainstorming & Story Seeds
Last week, I ran the first session of my four week Writing Comics Workshop for Kids aged 8 – 12 years, at the Toronto Public Library. It was a lot of fun meeting the kids and discovering all the great ideas they had for comics. As I promised in previous blog...Introducing Tech Tales
Digital Stories for Digital Readers I’m excited to announce the arrival of Tech Tales, a brand new series of short stories for middle grade readers available exclusively as digital downloads. Written for Reluctant Readers, Designed for Teachers Reluctant readers...Five Questions with Arthur Slade about Crowdsourcing Modo: Ember’s End
Earlier this month, I wrote about some Canadian authors mixing it up with traditional publishing and independent, or self publishing. If you missed it, check out Five Canadian Kids Authors Rocking it as Hybrids, to get caught up. One author mentioned was Arthur Slade,...Talking Max Finder Mystery at Comic Arts for Kids Expo (CAKE)
Tomorrow, I’ll be heading downtown and traveling back in time. I’ll be joining the Owlkids team to talk about the history of the Max Finder Mystery comic I created ten years ago. It’s all part of the Comic Arts for Kids Expo (CAKE) happening at 12:45...Welcome to Feeding Change!
My name is Liam. I write books for reluctant readers, teach elementary school and share ideas to get kids reading.
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My Books
Coming Spring 2017!
Tank & Fizz 3!
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Battle of the Blocks
En Francais
West Meadow Detectives
Tank & Fizz
The Classics
Max Finder Mystery
Graphic Guide Adventures
