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Caroline Adderson

Caroline Adderson is the author of Very Serious Children (Scholastic 2007), a novel for middle readers about two brothers, the sons of clowns, who run away from the circus. I, Bruno (Orca 2007) and Bruno for Real are collections of stories for emergent readers featuring seven year-old Bruno and his true life adventures.
Caroline Adderson also writes for adults and has won two Ethel Wilson Fiction Prizes, three CBC Literary Awards, as well as the 2006 Marion Engel Award given annually to an outstanding female writer in mid-career. Her numerous nominations include the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist, the Governor General's Literary Award, the Rogers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Most recently, Caroline was the Vancouver Public Library's 2008 Writer-in-Residence.
Her eight year-old son Patrick and his many friends inspire her children's writing. Caroline and her family live in Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

Books by Caroline Adderson

Izzy's Dog Days of Summer

by (author) Caroline Adderson
illustrated by Kelly Collier

Izzy's Tail of Trouble

by (author) Caroline Adderson
illustrated by Kelly Collier

Sunny Days Inside

and Other Stories

by (author) Caroline Adderson

Pierre & Paul: Dragon!

by (author) Caroline Adderson
illustrated by Alice Carter

Izzy in the Doghouse

by (author) Caroline Adderson
illustrated by Kelly Collier

It Happened on Sweet Street

by (author) Caroline Adderson & Stéphane Jorisch

Pierre & Paul: Avalanche!

by (author) Caroline Adderson
illustrated by Alice Carter

The Mostly True Story of Pudding Tat, Adventuring Cat

by (author) Caroline Adderson
illustrated by Stacy Innerst

Jasper John Dooley: Public Library Enemy #1

by (author) Caroline Adderson
illustrated by Mike Shiell

Jasper John Dooley: Lost and Found

by (author) Caroline Adderson
illustrated by Mike Shiell

I Love You, One to Ten

by (author) Caroline Adderson
illustrated by Christina Leist

Eat, Leo! Eat!

by (author) Caroline Adderson
illustrated by Josée Bisaillon

Jasper John Dooley: You're in Trouble

by (author) Caroline Adderson
illustrated by Ben Clanton

A Simple Case of Angels

by (author) Caroline Adderson

Norman, Speak!

by (author) Caroline Adderson
illustrated by Qin Leng

Jasper John Dooley: NOT in Love

by (author) Caroline Adderson
illustrated by Ben Clanton

Jasper John Dooley: Left Behind

by (author) Caroline Adderson
illustrated by Ben Clanton

Middle of Nowhere

by (author) Caroline Adderson

Jasper John Dooley: Star of the Week

by (author) Caroline Adderson
illustrated by Ben Clanton

Film Studies/The Trouble with Marlene

by (author) Caroline Adderson & Billie Livingston

Bruno for Real

by (author) Caroline Adderson
illustrated by Helen Flook

I, Bruno

by (author) Caroline Adderson
illustrated by Helen Flook