APPLY TO HOST TASHA IN ALBERTA (VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON)
APPLY TO HOST TASHA IN SASKATCHEWAN (VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON)
Home Location: Lloydminster, AB
Creator Type: Author
Genres: Picture books
Tour Region: Alberta (virtually + in person) / Saskatchewan (virtually + in person)
Target Audience: Kindergarten – Grade 4
Website: tashahilderman.com
Cost: $300* (for one 60-minute presentation or two 30-minute presentations)
*(The author collects $250 of the fee and $50 of the fee covers The Canadian Children's Book Centre's administration fees for coordinating Book Week).
Taxes charged on presentations: NO
Biography
Tasha Hilderman graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Saskatchewan. A member of SCBWI and co-owner of a home retail store and garden café in Lloydminster, Tasha has been a panelist and featured speaker at numerous business-industry events, including the 2019 Facebook Communities Summit at Facebook's Menlo, California headquarters. She is a registered member of the Métis Nation of Alberta, and lives with her husband and three children in Alberta, Canada on Treaty Six Territory.
PRESENTATION DESCRIPTIONS
You and Me and Being Métis
(30 minutes)
Target audience: Kindergarten - Grade 4
Ideal group size: 50 students
Maximum group size: 100 students
Are you Métis like me? Discover the richness of an often-overlooked and misunderstood culture with Tasha’s lively and engaging presentation! She will share how growing up disconnected from her heritage inspired her to write Métis Like Me and let kids in on some secrets hidden in the illustrations (always a favorite!) including the message of the Spirit Bead.
Required equipment: projector and screen
Required materials: none
Underneath the (Book) Covers
(60 minutes)
Target audience: Kindergarten - Grade 4
Ideal group size: 50 students
Maximum group size: 100 students
Tasha will share the story of her debut picture book, Métis Like Me (Kirkus Star, SLJ Star, an Indigo Book of the Year), plus a special sneak peek at her new not-even-out-yet book, Lights at Night. She will entertain students with an "underneath the (book) covers" look at the process of making a picture book, how an author and an illustrator each tell half of the story, and how long it takes for a book to be made (so long!). Participants will then become Tasha’s illustrator for an activity.
Required equipment: projector and screen
Required materials: paper; crayons, pencil crayons or markers
Bibliography
Métis Like Me, 2024, Tundra Books
Lights at Night, 2025, Tundra Books
Mini Golf Fun, 2026, Penguin Random House
We Will Always Be Puppies, 2027, Candlewick
Gorilla Vanilla, 2027, Kids Can Press