I, Bruno
Bruno is a boy with particular tastes and ideas. He will not, for example, eat anything green. This chapter book is a series of delightful, short vignettes from the life of an imaginative little boy named Bruno, who is definitely worth knowing.
About the Author
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) is a collection 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, B.C.
About the Illustrator
Helen Flook
Helen Flook grew up in Wales but lived in Guelph, Ontario, with her husband and son for ten years. She has a degree in Graphic Design from the Norwich School of Art and has illustrated numerous books by both North American and British authors. In 2005 Helen moved back to Wales, where her family lives in a beautiful village called Abergwyngregyn.
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Suggested Activities
- If you could make a meal of food that is just one colour, what colour would you choose? See how many foods you can find of that colour. Cut out pictures from newpaper flyers or magazines and make a collage.
- Write another adventure for Bruno – remember that he is stubborn.