Frieda Wishinsky


Frieda Wishinsky is a German-born Canadian educator and author of children's books.
The daughter of Polish-Jewish parents, she was born in Munich and grew up in Manhattan. She received a BA in International Relations from City College of New York and a MSc Special Education from Ferkauf Graduate School. She has taught special education for children and adults in the United States, Israel and Canada. She now lives in Toronto.
Wishinsky's first book was Oonga Boonga. Her work has been translated into French, German, Hungarian, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, Korean, Spanish and Catalan.

Selected work

Source:Each One Special illustrated by Werner Zimmermann, shortlisted for a Governor General's AwardPlease, Louise! illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay, received the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book AwardMaggie Can't Wait illustrated by Dean Griffiths, received the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature PrizeYou're Mean, Lily Jean illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton, shortlisted for the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's AwardExplorers Who Made It…or Died Trying illustrated by Bill DicksonHalifax Explodes illustrated by P. A. Lewis-MacDougall