Biography
Caroline Adderson grew up in Alberta wearing long messy braids and a baseball cap. After she finished high school, she spent a year traveling around Canada doing all kinds of jobs, such as sheep farming, carpentry and working at a community radio station. She came to Vancouver, British Columbia, to attend university and liked it so much that she stayed.#Caroline first began writing for adults. Then she had a baby. While reading books to him, she saw the light. Kids’ books are way more fun! She’s now written twenty of them. And though that baby is grown up now, Caroline still loves imagining the world in a kid-friendly way.#As well as writing, Caroline teaches, gardens, cooks, paints, sews and travels. She’s spent enough time in the “doghouse” to know how to get out fast: with a wag, a lick and a shake-a-paw … or the human equivalent.
Awards
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Izzy’s Tail of Trouble
2023 - Joan Betty Stuchner Oy Vey! Funniest Children’s Book Award, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Short-Listed
2022 - Gold Standard, Junior Library Guild, Short-Listed
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Izzy in the Doghouse
2022 - Chocolate Lily Book Awards, Chapter Book category, , Short-Listed
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Jasper John Dooley: Public Library Enemy #1
2018 - Chocolate Lily Book Award, Chapter Book Category, Diamond State Reading Association, Commended
2017 - Delaware Diamonds Award, Ontario Library Association, Commended
2016 - Best Bets Junior Fiction, , Commended
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Eat, Leo! Eat!
2016 - CCBC Choices List, Cooperative Children's Book Center, Winner
2015 - Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Winner
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Jasper John Dooley: Lost and Found
2015 - Best Bets Junior Fiction (Series), Ontario Library Association, Commended
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Jasper John Dooley: NOT in Love
2015 - Best Bets Junior Fiction (Series), Ontario Library Association, Commended
2015 - Chocolate Lily Book Award, Chapter Book Category, OLA’s Canadian Materials Committee, Commended
2014 - 2014 OLA Best Bet List for Children, Kirkus Reviews, Winner
2014 - Best Children's Books of 2014, , Winner
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Jasper John Dooley: You’re in Trouble
2015 - Best Bets Junior Fiction (Series), Ontario Library Association, Commended
2015 - Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Commended
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Jasper John Dooley: Star of the Week
2015 - Best Bets Junior Fiction (Series), Ontario Library Association, Commended
2013 - Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street Children's Book Committee, Winner
2013 - Hackmatack's Children's Choice Book Award, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Commended
2012 - Best Books for Kids & Teens, , Winner
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Jasper John Dooley: Left Behind
2015 - Best Bets Junior Fiction (Series), Ontario Library Association, Commended
2014 - Chocolate Lily Award Chapter Book Category, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Commended
2013 - Best Books for Kids & Teens, , Winner
Early Chapter Books
Izzy’s Dog Days of Summer, 2023
Izzy’s Tail of Trouble, 2022
Izzy in the Doghouse, 2020
Jasper John Dooley: Public Library Enemy #1, 2016
Jasper John Dooley: Lost and Found, 2015
Jasper John Dooley: You’re in Trouble, 2015
Jasper John Dooley: NOT in Love, 2013
Jasper John Dooley: Left Behind, 2013
Jasper John Dooley: Star of the Week, 2012Picture Books
Eat, Leo! Eat!, 2015