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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

Mapping Neighborhoods of Kids Around the Globe

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
illustrated by Wenjia Tang

Ages
7 to 10
Grades
2 to 5

Come, Read With Me

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
illustrated by Christine Wei

Ages
3 to 5
Grades
p to k

Ghost of the Mill House

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
illustrated by Claudia Dávila

Ages
6 to 8
Grades
1 to 3

Robert Bateman: The Boy Who Painted Nature Read-Along

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
by (artist) Robert Bateman
read by Christian Down

Ages
6 to 8
Grades
1 to 3

Robert Bateman: The Boy Who Painted Nature

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
by (artist) Robert Bateman

Ages
6 to 8
Grades
1 to 3

Bus to the Badlands

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
illustrated by Claudia Dávila

Ages
6 to 8
Grades
1 to 3

Elephant Keeper, The

Caring for Orphaned Elephants in Zambia

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
illustrated by Pedro Covo

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Birthdays Around the World

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
illustrated by Ashley Barron

Ages
3 to 7
Grades
p to 2

Families Around the World

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
illustrated by Jessica Rae Gordon

Ages
3 to 7
Grades
p to 2

Stepping Stones / حَصى الطُرُقات

A Refugee Family's Journey / رحلة عائلة لاجئة

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
by (artist) Nizar Ali Badr
translated by Falah Raheem

Ages
6 to 8
Grades
1 to 3

Stepping Stones / حَصى الطُرُقات Read-Along

A Refugee Family's Journey / رحلة عائلة لاجئة

read by Margriet Ruurs
by (artist) Nizar Ali Badr
translated by Falah Raheem

Ages
6 to 8
Grades
1 to 3

Nut and Bolt

by (author) Nicole De Cock
translated by Margriet Ruurs

Ages
3 to 5
Grades
p to k

School Days Around the World

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
illustrated by Alice Feagan

Ages
3 to 7
Grades
p to 2

A Brush Full of Colour

The World of Ted Harrison

by (author) Margriet Ruurs & Katherine Gibson

Resources
Resources
Ages
6 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Amazing Animals

The Remarkable Things That Creatures Do

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
illustrated by W. Allan Hancock

Ages
6 to 9
Grades
1 to 4

A Pacific Alphabet

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
with Dianna Bonder

Ages
4 to 7
Grades
p to 2

A Mountain Alphabet

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
illustrated by Andrew Kiss

Ages
6 to 9
Grades
1 to 4

Emma at the Fair

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
illustrated by Barbara Spurll

Ages
4 to 8
Grades
p to 3

In My Backyard

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
illustrated by Ron Broda

Ages
4 to 8
Grades
p to 3

Wake Up, Henry Rooster!

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
illustrated by Sean Cassidy

Ages
5 to 8
Grades
k to 3

When We Go Camping

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
illustrated by Andrew Kiss

Ages
6 to 9
Grades
1 to 4

Wild Babies

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
illustrated by Andrew Kiss

Ages
4 to 8
Grades
p to 3

Logan's Lake

by (author) Margriet Ruurs

Emma's Cold day

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
illustrated by Barbara Spurll

Ages
4 to 8
Grades
p to 3

Emma and the Coyote

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
illustrated by Barbara Spurll

Ages
4 to 8
Grades
p to 3

Emma's Eggs

by (author) Margriet Ruurs
illustrated by Barbara Spurll

Ages
4 to 8
Grades
p to 3