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Margriet Ruurs

Margriet Ruurs is the award-winning author of forty books for children. Passionate about literacy, she writes children's and educational materials and conducts author visits and writing workshops at international schools around the world. Her picture book biography A Brush Full of Colour: The World of Ted Harrison won the Canadian Children’s Literature Roundtables Information Book Award and the Crystal Kite Award, and was nominated for several others. Born in the Netherlands, Margriet raised her family in the Yukon, Canada. Today, when she isn't travelling, she runs a booklover's bed and breakfast on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia.

Books by Margriet Ruurs

Where We Live

Come, Read With Me

School Days Around the World

Ghost of the Mill House

Robert Bateman: The Boy Who Painted Nature

Robert Bateman: The Boy Who Painted Nature Read-Along

Bus to the Badlands

Elephant Keeper, The

Birthdays Around the World

Families Around the World

Stepping Stones / حَصى الطُرُقات

Stepping Stones / حَصى الطُرُقات Read-Along

Nut and Bolt

A Brush Full of Colour

The Power of Poems (Second Edition)

Amazing Animals

A Pacific Alphabet

A Mountain Alphabet

Emma at the Fair

In My Backyard

Wake Up, Henry Rooster!

When We Go Camping

Wild Babies

Logan's Lake

Emma's Cold day

Emma and the Coyote

Emma's Eggs