Author, Storyteller + Spoken Word Artist: Itah Sadu

Itah is a Canadian award winning storyteller, bestselling children’s author, mother, community developer and the co-owner of A Different Booklist bookstore in Toronto, Canada.

This Barbados-raised Canadian, creates rich works centred on Caribbean heritage, African customs and North American traditions.

One of my childhood favs is Christopher, Please Clean Up your Room. It was later turned into a film in association with The National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Her other best-selling children’s books include Name Calling, How The Coconut Got Its Face, Christopher Changes His Name and A Touch of the Zebra.
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For all Montrealers, you also catch her at Black History Month's The Black Word. She will be reading from her new book, Mathieu Da Costa: First to Arrive.