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Irene N. Watts

In 1968 Irene N. Watts came to Canada from Britain, where she had arrived thirty years earlier from Germany, via Kindertransport. She is a writer/playwright, theatre director, and educator. Her plays for young audiences have been widely produced. Awards include a Vancouver Theatre Alliance Jessie Richardson for Goodbye Marianne (Scirocco Drama and Anchorage Press, U.S.); the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People; the Isaac Frischwasser Memorial Award (Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards, 1999 and 2001); the Government of Alberta Achievement Award for Outstanding Service to Drama. Irene is a Lifetime Member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada. Recent publications include Tapestry of Hope: Holocaust Writing for Young People, compiled with Lillian Boraks-Nemetz (Tundra Books).

Books by Irene N. Watts

Seeking Refuge

by (author) Irene N. Watts
illustrated by Kathryn E. Shoemaker

Ages
9 to 12
Grades
4 to 7

Dear Canada: Hoping for Home

Stories of Arrival

by (author) Kit Pearson, Ruby Slipperjack, Jean Little, Shelley Tanaka, Paul Yee, Irene N. Watts, Rukhsana Khan, Brian Doyle & Afua Cooper

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Escape from Berlin

by (author) Irene N. Watts

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Touched by Fire

by (author) Irene N. Watts

Ages
10 to 18
Grades
5 to 12

Cher Journal : Terre d'accueil, terre d'espoir

Onze récits

by (author) Marie-Andrée Clermont, Paul Yee, Irene N. Watts, Ruby Slipperjack, Afua Cooper, Brian Doyle, Rukhsana Khan, Jean Little, Shelley Tanaka & Kit Pearson

Ages
9 to 18
Grades
4 to 12

No Pets Allowed

by (author) Irene N. Watts
illustrated by Kathryn E. Shoemaker

Ages
6 to 8
Grades
1 to 3

Munsch at Play Act 2

Eight More Stage Adaptations

by (author) Irene N. Watts
original author Robert Munsch

Ages
6 to 9
Grades
1 to 4

No Moon

by (author) Irene N. Watts

Ages
12 to 18
Grades
7 to 12

Munsch at Play

Eight Stage Adaptations for Young Performers

by (author) Irene N. Watts
original author Robert Munsch

Ages
6 to 9
Grades
1 to 4

Good-bye Marianne

A Story of Growing Up in Nazi Germany

by (author) Irene N. Watts
illustrated by Kathryn E. Shoemaker

Ages
9 to 12
Grades
4 to 7

When the Bough Breaks

by (author) Irene N. Watts

Ages
12 to 18
Grades
7 to 12

Flower

by (author) Irene N. Watts

Ages
9 to 12
Grades
4 to 7

A Telling Time

Illustrated by Kathryn Shoemaker

by (author) Irene N. Watts
illustrated by Kathryn E. Shoemaker

Ages
6 to 8
Grades
1 to 3

Tapestry of Hope

Holocaust Writing for Young People

compiled by Lillian Boraks-Nemetz & Irene N. Watts

Ages
10 to 18
Grades
5 to 12

Remember Me

A Search for Refuge in Wartime Britain

by (author) Irene N. Watts

Ages
10 to 18
Grades
5 to 12