Bill Richardson

Bill Richardson

Bill Richardson, winner of Canada’s Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, and former CBC Radio host, has written several highly acclaimed books for children. They include The Aunts Come Marching, illustrated by Cynthia Nugent, winner of the Time to Read Award (distributed to schools throughout British Columbia) and the children’s novel After Hamelin, winner of the Ontario Library Association’s Silver Birch Award. Richardson lives in Vancouver.

The Alphabet Thief

When night falls, along comes a peculiar thief who steals each letter of the alphabet, creating a topsy-turvy world as she goes. It seems that no one can stop her, until the Z’s finally send her to sleep so that all the other letters can scamper back to where they belong. Bill Richardson’s zany rhymes and Roxanna Bikadoroff’s hilarious illustrations will delight young readers with the silly fun they can have with language — and may even inspire budding young writers and artists to create their own word games.

Events & Tickets

Thur, Oct. 12 @ 12:30pm: Wordfest Youth presents Kelly Collier & Bill Richardson

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Thur, Oct. 12 @ 9:15pm: Late Night Series: Literary Death Match

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Fri, Oct. 13 @ 10:15am: Engine 23 Story Time

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Sat, Oct. 14 @ 10am: Gals & Good Times

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