Nicola Winstanley

Event Info: Children's Reading Tent at 11:50 AM

Nicola Winstanley has always loved to write; but it wasn’t until her daughter was born that she started writing stories for children. Nicola considers herself lucky because she gets to read children's books all the time — it's the best part of the day for her. She’s also lucky because she gets to read fledgling writers, as she teaches writing to students at Humber College in Toronto.

The Word On The Street wishes to acknowledge the financial assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts through The Writer’s Union of Canada in support of this reading.

Books

The Cinnamon Baby

In this contemporary fable Miriam is a baker whose bread is full of smells to make your nose twitch and tastes to make your tongue tingle. Miriam’s own favorite cinnamon bread so delights Sebastian, a musician who enters her shop, that he buys it every day for a year and then asks her to marry him. After a baby is born to the happy couple, all is blissful until their bundle of joy begins crying. Only when the two are almost at wit’s end does Miriam suddenly know exactly what she must do. Beautifully told and illustrated, this celebration of the bond between mother and child is an ode to the power of our senses. Kids Can Press - $18.95 - Picture Book