Biography
Mary Beth Leatherdale is an award-winning author and editor of books for children and youth. Her books have received many starred reviews and have won or been shortlisted for awards including the Norma Fleck Award, the YALSA Excellence in Non-Fiction for Young Adults Award, the SCBWI Golden Kite Award and the Silver Birch Award, among others. Mary Beth lives in Toronto with her husband and her dog, Champ.
Awards
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You Can Be an Activist
2025 - Social Justice Literature Award, International Literacy Association’s Literacy and Social Responsibility Special Interest Group, Commended
2025 - Sharon Fitzhenry Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction, The Canadian Children's Book Centre, Short-Listed
2024 - Eureka! Excellence in Children's Nonfiction Award, California Reading Association, Commended
Non-fiction
One Hen and Then, 2024
You Can Be an Activist, 2024
My Class and Me (Kindergarten), 2003