Bonnie Shemie

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Bonnie Shemie (born May 10, 1949) is an author and illustrator who has written educational books for children including a series about Native American dwellings.[1][2] She was born in the U.S. and lives in Canada.

Her writing focuses on different cultures' pre-modern construction techniques, as well as their belief systems.[3]

Life and career

Shemie (née Brenner) was born on May 10, 1949, in

Cleveland, Ohio to parents William and Louise Brenner.[1] She studied architecture in the United States before moving to Montreal, Canada, in 1972.[4] In 1974, she married Milo Shemie.[1] From 1973 to 1976, she worked as a graphic designer and illustrator for advertising agencies in Montreal. She went on to pursue a career as a freelance illustrator, and later as an author and illustrator of children's books.[1]

Shemie's Native Dwellings series started with the book, Houses of Snow, Skin and Bones: Native Dwellings, the Far North, published in 1989.[1] The book was aimed at children and contained detailed descriptions of the homes built by Inuit tribes in Alaska.[1] The work was praised and Noel McDermott in Canadian Children's Literature called it "a well-written and beautifully illustrated book, in which carefully researched information is presented, clearly and accurately and without any tendency to eulogize or romanticize."[1]

Shemie's book Houses of China was described as "excellent".[3] Her book Houses of Hide and Earth was described as accessible and appealing while Shemie's research for her books was lauded.[5]

Selected works

Native Dwellings series

  • Houses of Snow, Skin and Bones (1989) -
    ISBN 0-88776-240-9[6]
  • Houses of Bark: Tipi, Wigwam and Longhouse (1990) -
    ISBN 0887762468[7]
  • Houses of Wood (1992) -
    ISBN 0-88776-284-0[8]
  • Houses of Hide and Earth
  • Mounds of Earth and Shell[9]

Others

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-7876-1149-2
    . Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Houses of bark : tipi, wigwam and longhouse : native dwellings : woodland Indians / Bonnie Shemie". Smithsonian Institution.
  3. ^
    ISBN 9781563087738
    – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Children's book week: Unique homes focus of talk". Times Colonist. 1996-11-07. p. 28. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  5. ISBN 9781452087870
    – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Skogan, Joan (November 1989). "Houses of Snow, Skin and Bones - Native Dwellings: The Far North". CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People. 17 (6). Canadian Library Association. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  7. ^ Wells, Joan (1991-01-12). "Book takes informative look at architecture of natives". The Ottawa Citizen. p. 88. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  8. ^ Fry, Patricia (March 1993). "Houses of Wood: Native Dwellings of the Northwest Coast". CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People. 21 (2). Canadian Library Association. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  9. ISBN 9780887763526
    – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Boer, Fred (December 1996). "Houses of China". Quill & Quire.
  11. ^ Bergwerff, Julie (March 1997). "Children's Books". Books in Canada: The Canadian Review of Books. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  12. ^ Lawlor, Patty (March 2001). "Building Canada". Quill and Quire.
  13. ISBN 9780887765049
    – via Google Books.
  14. ^ Hoyte, Carol-Ann (Fall 2002). "Building America". Montreal Review of Books. AELAQ (Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec). Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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