Nan Forler

Nan Forler has been a teacher for over twenty years. Her first picture book, Bird Child, masterfully illustrated bu François Thisdale, reflects her belief that even children can address injustice, both in the schoolyard and in the global community. Her new book is a tender portrait of the Old Order Mennonite community around Elmira ON, her childhood home. In Winterberries and Apple Blossoms: Reflections and Flavours of a Mennonite year (Tundra), a poem and painting (and occasionally a recipe) capture the qualities of each month of the year. Peter Etril Snyder, a foremost documenter of Mennonite life, is the illustrator. Forler lives in nearby Waterloo ON.