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This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. In Scatterbrain, we learn that boredom awakens the muse, distractions spark creativity, and misjudging time creates valuable memories, among other benefits of our faulty minds. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. This thrills Booky, as she has a crush on Georgie and hopes he will ask her to a school dance. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. 11-year-old Beatrice Booky Thomson is showing her strength in reading and spelling, and has been asked to tutor Georgie Dunlop ( Connor Price ), an older sixth grader. A play based on the book debuted at the Cascade Theatre as part of the 10th Annual Children's Book Festival, held at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto in November 1986. She was nominated for a 1982 Toronto Book Award. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". That Scatterbrain Booky is a 1981 novel by Bernice Thurman Hunter. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.
While the honour was awarded posthumously, she was informed of the award shortly before her death. In 2001, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
Hunter experienced a multitude of health challenges in her later years, however she continued writing. She maintained a connection with her roots, and frequently returned to the areas she wrote about to give public readings of her works. Her stories are recalled fondly by her fans for showing an accurate and enjoyable portrayal of Toronto through the Depression and War years. Bernice Thurman Hunter, CM (Novem– May 29, 2002) was a Canadian children's author.īorn in Toronto, Hunter spent her adult years as an Eaton's employee, and did not publish her first book, That Scatterbrain Booky (1981), until she was a grandmother.
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