About

Maxine Trottier

Maxine Trottier is a prolific writer of books for young people. Born in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan on May 3, 1950, she moved to Windsor, Ontario in Canada with her family ten years later. In 1974 she became a Canadian citizen. She is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario.Maxine spent 31 years working as an educator in elementary classrooms, guiding children toward literacy. The students in her class, who of course thought of her only as their teacher, saw each step in the creation of a new work. They heard the unillustrated story, saw the roughs, and were the first to view the finished book.Maxine lives with her husband William and their two Yorkies, Ceilidh and Moon. They divide their year between Port Stanley, Ontario on Lake Erie, and Newman s Cove, Newfoundland, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Both are wonderful places to write.

Books by Maxine Trottier

The Tiny Kite of Eddie Wing

by (author) Maxine Trottier
illustrated by Al Van Mil

Dear Canada: Alone in an Untamed Land

The Filles du Roi Diary of Helene St. Onge, Montreal, New France, 1666

by (author) Maxine Trottier

Ages: 8 to 12
Grades: 3 to 7

I Am Canada: Storm the Fortress

The Siege of Quebec, William Jenkins, New France, 1759

by (author) Maxine Trottier

Ages: 9 to 12
Grades: 4 to 7

Dear Canada Christmas Story No. 4: These Three Gifts

by (author) Maxine Trottier

Ages: 8 to 12
Grades: 3 to 7

Dear Canada Christmas Story No. 9: A Time to Rebuild

by (author) Maxine Trottier

Ages: 8 to 12
Grades: 3 to 7

Cher Journal : Récit de Noël : N° 9 - Après Batoche

by (author) Maxine Trottier

Ages: 9 to 18
Grades: 4 to 12

Cher Journal : Récit de Noël : N° 4 - Trois cadeaux en or

by (author) Maxine Trottier

Ages: 9 to 18
Grades: 4 to 12

Cher Journal : Du sang sur nos terres

Joséphine Bouvier, témoin de la rébellion de Louis Riel, Batoche, Saskatchewan, 1885

by (author) Maxine Trottier

Ages: 9 to 18
Grades: 4 to 12

Cher Journal : Mon pays à feu et à sang

Geneviève Aubuchon, au temps de la bataille des plaines d'Abraham, Québec, Nouvelle-France, 1759

by (author) Maxine Trottier

Ages: 9 to 18
Grades: 4 to 12

Cher Journal : Seule au Nouveau Monde

Hélène St-Onge, Fille du Roy, Montréal, ou la Nouvelle-France, 1666

by (author) Maxine Trottier

Ages: 9 to 18
Grades: 4 to 12

Cher Journal : Noëls d'antan

Dix récits choisis

by (author) Vincent Massey Jr HS, Karleen Bradford, Carol Matas, Jean Little, Sarah Ellis, Perry Nodelman, Maxine Trottier & Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
illustrated by Colin Mayne

Ages: 9 to 18
Grades: 4 to 12

Dear Canada: The Death of My Country

The Plains of Abraham Diary of Genevieve Aubuchon, Quebec, New France, 1759

by (author) Maxine Trottier

Ages: 8 to 12
Grades: 3 to 7

Dear Canada: A Season for Miracles

Twelve Tales of Christmas

by (author) Jean Little, Kit Pearson, Janet Lunn, Sarah Ellis, Gillian Chan, Carol Matas, Maxine Trottier, Julie Lawson & Sharon Stewart

Ages: 8 to 12
Grades: 3 to 7

Dear Canada: Blood Upon Our Land

The North West Resistance Diary of Josephine Bouvier, Batoche, District of Saskatchewan, 1885

by (author) Maxine Trottier

Ages: 8 to 12
Grades: 3 to 7

Dear Canada: A Christmas to Remember

Tales of Comfort and Joy

by (author) Perry Nodelman, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Jean Little, Sarah Ellis, Carol Matas, Maxine Trottier, Julie Lawson & Karleen Bradford

Ages: 8 to 12
Grades: 3 to 7

The Walking Stick

by (author) Maxine Trottier
illustrated by Annouchka Gravel Galouchko

Ages: 6 to 10
Grades: 1 to 5

Migrant

by (author) Maxine Trottier
illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault

Ages: 4 to 7
Grades: p to 2

Terry Fox: A Story of Hope

A Story of Hope

by (author) Maxine Trottier

Ages: 7 to 12
Grades: 2 to 7

Three Songs for Courage

by (author) Maxine Trottier

Ages: 14 to 18
Grades: 9 to 12

Forget Me Not

by (author) Maxine Trottier
illustrated by Nancy Keating

Ages: 6 to 12
Grades: 3 to 4

Cher Journal : Le temps des réjouissances

Dix récits de Noël

by (author) Barbara Haworth-Attard, Carol Matas, Gillian Chan, Jan Andrews, Janet Lunn, Jean Little, Karleen Bradford, Kit Pearson, Maxine Trottier, Sarah Ellis & Sharon Stewart

Ages: 9 to 18
Grades: 4 to 12