Kari-Lynn Winters is the author of <em Jeffrey and Sloth</em (2007), a picture book about the daunting task of overcoming writer's block, and <em The Meaning Maker</em , a children's play about reading strategies which is currently being toured throughout the Lower Mainland. A graduate of Canada's National Theatre School, she is currently performing with a Vancouver children's theatre group, The Tickle Trunk Players. <br <br Kari has taught a range of students in Canada and the United States, including pre-school, special education, primary, intermediate, high school, and now university teacher education. <br <br She is currently completing her Ph.D. in the Language… and Literacy Department at UBC. Her research interests are children's literature, print literacy, and multimodal forms of learning. <br <br Kari's website is <a href="http://www.kariwinters.com" www.kariwinters.com</a .<br <br