Carrie Loffree
Picture Book Editor
 
Fluent in English, French and Hungarian, Carrie holds a B.A. in Canadian Studies, as well as an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Quebec literature.

She has edited articles and books in the world of Quebec theatre and has also been involved in editing texts on language teaching, recently joining the editorial team of one such book published by Cambridge University Press.

Carrie is pleased to have been dubbed "Ms. Children's Book Editor" by Gumboot Books!

A former Paralympic fencer, Carrie is currently living in Hungary where she teaches English to other people's children, and just about everything to her own son.

Contact Carrie:
carrie@gumbootbooks.ca

Birthday: May 19th

Favourite picture books:

In the Night Kitchen
by Maurice Sendak

Hug
by Jez Alborough

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
by Edward Lear

Alligator Pie
by Dennis Lee and Frank Newfeld

Good Night, Gorilla
by Peggy Rathmann

Just So Stories
by Rudyard Kipling

The Mole Sisters
by Roslyn Schwartz

The Elephant and the Bad Baby
by Elfrida Vipont and Raymond Briggs

Favourite quotes:

“I don’t care if you got no legs. Dance on your knees!”

-Daryl Hall and John Oates, “Big Bam Boom”


"The word ‘learning’ undoubtedly denotes change of some kind. To say what kind of change is a delicate matter.”

-Gregory Bateson,
The Logical Categories of Learning and Communication