classroom occupations. She has two grown-up children, Natalie and Gordon and lives in Toronto, Ontario. Honours In 2003, she became a Member of the Order of Canada and in 2007, she received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from her alma mater, the University of Western Ontario, and an Award of Merit from the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists. Selected works On Your Mark, Get Set ...: All About the Olympics Then and Now (1987) The Amazing Apple Book (1987) The Amazing Paper Books (1989) Starting with Space: The Sun (1995) Starting with Space: The Moon (1995) Oma's Quilt (2001) References External links Maclean's Magazine - Million Dollar Turtle (Wayback Machine) 1951 births Living people 20th-century Canadian writers 21st-century Canadian writers 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian Broadcasting Corporation people Canadian children's writers Canadian television reporters and correspondents Carleton University alumni Franco-Manitoban people Members of the Order of Canada University of British Columbia alumni University of Western Ontario alumni Occupational therapists Writers from Winnipeg Franklin the Turtle (books)