Many of her short stories and articles have been published in the Canadian Children's Annual and educational anthologies.Īlthough Barbara Greenwood's A Pioneer Thanksgiving: A Story of Harvest Celebrations in 1841 describes 1841 harvest celebrations in what is now the province of Ontario (then of course still known as Upper Canada), the information, the storyline presented could just as easily have taken place in the northeastern areas of the United States, and thus A Pioneer Thanksgiving: A Story of Harvest Celebrations in 1841 could and perhaps should be used interchangeably with regard to either Canadian or American Thanksgiving (or perhaps more to the point harvest) traditions. She has been president of CANSCAIP (Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers) and has edited many CANSCAIP publications. She taught elementary school for many years and, later, taught creative writing to high-school and adult students. Barbara Greenwood studied at the University of Toronto. The reams of research "left-over" from her first two books was used in A Pioneer Story, an award-winning book which mixes fact, fiction, and hands-on activities as it delves into Ontario's past. The stories she creates are those she would have liked to read at age ten or twelve or fourteen.
The information gleaned from her research becomes grist for the background details and settings of novels which emphasize character development and the human side of history.
Now she immerses herself in the subject: reading old diaries, journals, and letters, visiting museums, doing in-depth research at libraries, visiting the areas where her books are set. When she was young she couldn't find novels about Canada's past. Inspired by her own early fascination with historical tales, author Barbara Greenwood specializes in writing historical fiction and biographies for children and young people.
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