Lee Edward Födi 🇨🇦 kidlit author

Finished the lightsaber prop for my son’s Halloween costume just in time. All hand made with recycled bits and bobs!

The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Stephen King:

“Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world.”

More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
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Yes! The process is the product!

Thank you to attendees Liza for allowing me to share this photo of her notebook from my session, The Creative Storm, which I delivered at the BCTLA fall conference. I love this extremely human encapsulation of my presentation!

#authoreye #artisteye #Aeye #humaneye #creativeeducation

A poisonish apple for you, my pretties. It’s a bit of #AEye (that’s “Author’s Eye”), befitting of Halloween week.

My son and I found this apple on what we call the witch’s tree near our house. We will have to add it to the next version of the alternate-realm map of our neighborhood.

It’s the last week of the spooky season! This author’s eye brings you a menacing sunflower plant. It’s a nice friendly plant, honestly. That is until the light of a Halloween moon. Then all bets are off.

#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye #humancontent #JustTheWayIsawIt

That’s crazy…

That’s what I said in my blog post!

The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from ME:

“Erasers are the enemies of ideas.”

More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/w...

Excited to be a part of this magical crew of BC kidlit creators presenting at the BCTLA conference this week!

Catch my morning session on creativity then join @cwillbc.bsky.social in the afternoon when we showcase exciting activities & resources for the classroom.
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#bctla #bctlaconference

Excited to be a part of this magical crew of BC kidlit creators presenting at the BCTLA fall conference this week!

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#bctla #bctlaconference2025 #ireadcanadian #readBc #creativehealth #creativeeducation

The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Jeong Kwan:

“All art is a work in progress.”

Led a project called “The Ugliest Doll Ever,” in my most recent creative writing project. Loved the result! Some dolls were cute, other ugly—some TERRIFYING! But one thing they all have in common? They have led to fantastic stories . . .

It’s going to be a fabulous conference! Looking forward to talking books and creativity.

The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Rick Rubin:

“All art is a work in progress.”

More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/w...

It’s the spooky season, and this author’s eye brings you a beleaguered leaf that the seven-year-old and I found on the pavement while walking to the park. According to my son, it’s a sad skull with a hole in his head. His own AEye is coming along!

#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI

Printed sign on a wall titled “Curse Against Book Stealers,” describing a curse from the Monastery of San Pedro in Barcelona that threatens severe punishments—including being bitten by serpents, afflicted with disease, gnawed by bookworms, and consumed by the flames of Hell—for anyone who steals a book from the library.

Love this “Curse Against Book Stealers” in the Special Collections room of Dalhousie’s Killam Memorial Library in Halifax, Nova Scotia. 😂
#LibrarySky #Uplift

“They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”

The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Edgar Allen Poe:

“They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”

More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/w...

Excited to be presenting at the fall BCTLA conference on Oct 24.

My topic: The Creative Storm: 9 things I’ve learned about creativity from writing for—& teaching it to—kids.

I will be covering AI, the value of human process, classroom strategies, & the concept of creative health

Loved doing this podcast with James!

The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Linus Pauling:

“The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas.”

More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/09/25/w...

This author’s eye brings you a one-legged letter A being greeted by a persistent plant.
I found this scene in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia—nothing contrived about this photo! It’s just the way I saw it.

#AEye #authorsEye #artistsEye #betterthanAI

“I think it’s important to make a mess because sometimes that’s how creative things happen.” Lucy Liu

Messy desk

The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Lucy Liu:

“I think it’s important to make a mess because sometimes that’s how creative things happen.”

More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/w...

One of my favourite parts of my creative writing program for kids is when I get to hand out the finished books from the previous term! I love seeing my students’ reactions, and to see them swap copies, give autographs, and flip through the worlds they imagined. I am super proud of them.

Took this pic while touring the HMCS Sackville in Halifax. You might say this is an unremarkable bit of rope, but it caught my Author’s Eye. If you ask me, this tiny noose serves as a warning to any would-be pixie-pirates to not cause mischief . .
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#AEye #authorsEye #artistsEye #betterthanAI

The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from beloved Canadian Children’s author, Lucy Maud Montgomery:

“How we all love to create! It is a little bit of the divine in us.”

More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/09/11/w...

Creativity takes courage - Henri Matisse

The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from painter Henri Matisse:

“Creativity takes courage.”

More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/09/04/w...

Illustration of a cup holding paintbrushes and pencils, with text: “PICTURE BOOKS 101 for artists.” At the bottom: “©Debbie Ridpath Ohi - DebbieOhi.com/PBcreation.”

For artists interested in illustrating #KidLit: Wondering how to develope an illustration style? Gaining confidence as an artist? How to get "good enough at art" to illustrate children's bks? See my #PictureBooks101 post:

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Norma was such a kind and warm-hearted soul. I have many fond memories of her and she did so much to support both myself and the Canadian kid lit community. A real loss.

We can imagine its condition is the result of time and weather, but if you are like me, and inclined to meander into fairytale, then you can conjure all manner of spooks and spirits who might stalk the surrounding woods in the deep of night.

#a-eye #authorseye #betterthanAI #artistseye