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Cynthia Reyes, bestselling author of the "Myrtle the Purple Turtle" illustrated books for children, and "Twigs in My Hair", "An Honest House" and "A Good Home", has written non-fiction stories for anthologies, the Globe and Mail, Huffington Post, Toronto Star and Toronto Life. Cynthia is a former journalist, trainer, producer-director and executive producer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. More than a hundred episodes of her programs have appeared on network television.

She has won national and international awards and acclaim for her work as a television producer, journalism trainer, leader and author. They include the Diamond Book Award for book of the year, the Children's Broadcast Institute Award for her children's TV program ...more

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A Child at Easter – Redux

I’m dedicating this story to the child within each of us. (Excerpted – kinda – from “A Good Home”.) ** My first garden had everything we children needed: tall trees with big outstretched arms, a wide stream and acres of fields to play in. All this stood beside and behind a tiny pink farmhouse in the… Continue reading A Child at Easter – Redux Read more of this blog post »

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	A Good Home: A Memoir 4.48 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Myrtle the Purple Turtle by Cynthia Reyes (Goodreads Author), Jo Robinson (Illustrator) 4.70 avg rating — 30 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Honest House: A Memoir, Continued 4.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Myrtle's Game by Cynthia Reyes (Goodreads Author), Lauren Reyes-Grange (Goodreads Author), Jo Robinson (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Myrtle Makes a New Friend: Myrtle the Purple Turtle Series by Cynthia Reyes (Goodreads Author), Lauren Reyes-Grange (Goodreads Author), Jo Robinson (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twigs in My Hair - A Gardening Memoir 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Myrtle and the Big Mistake: Myrtle the Purple Turtle Series by Cynthia Reyes (Goodreads Author), Cynthia S Reyes, Jo Robinson (Illustrations) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Television Storyteller by Tim Knight, Joan Andersen (Contributor), Norm Bolen (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cross into the Food - Our Airmen's Favorites - Cookbook 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Comforts of Home Cookbook - More of Our Airmen's Favorite Recipes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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