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The 76-year-old, who became a Canadian in 1983, has been honoured on Canada’s Walk of Fame and is a Member of the Order of Canada

June 11th

June 11, 2021 is Robert Munsch's 76th birthday. To celebrate, CBC Books presents 76 facts you might not know about the iconic storyteller.

Not Just For Kids: Children’s Literature and the Rest of Us Many years ago, I hired a young man, Kevin, to help out part-time during the summer in my bookshop on Waynesville, North Carolina’s Main Street. Kevin was about six feet tall, a bulky kid who was a rising senior in high school and an outstanding student with a great sense of humor. One afternoon, I left the store and walked down the street to make a deposit at the bank. When I returned, Kevin stood in the back of the store weeping like a child. “Hey, man, what’s wrong?” I asked, hurrying toward him and thinking someone must...

Naomi Klein and Rebecca Stefoff Since her days as a columnist for The Globe and Mail, Naomi Klein has written eight New York Times bestselling books and co-authored Canada’s Leap Manifesto, a blueprint for transitioning off fossil fuels. For How to Change Everything: The Young Human’s Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other (Puffin Canada), her first book for young readers, she teamed up with Rebecca Stefoff, the author of more than 200 nonfiction books, including a young readers edition of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. Klein and Stefoff spoke with Q&Q about the ...