Camilla Gryski
Camilla Milton Gryski | |
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| Born | March 2, 1948 Bristol, England |
| Subject | String games |
Camilla Milton Gryski (born 02 March 1948 in Bristol, England)[1] is a Canadian librarian and string figure enthusiast. She has a degree in English, an M.L.S., an M.Ed, and a Montessori Primary Teaching Certificate.[1] From 1995 to 2004 she worked in Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children as a therapeutic clown named Posy.[2][3][4]
In the 1980s and 1990s Gryski wrote a number of books on string games and related activities. A review of Let's Play: Traditional Games of Childhood in Quill & Quire described it as "a splendid book, both as accurate reference and just plain fun."[5]
Awards
[edit]- C.L.A. Notable Non-Fiction for Children, 1996.
- Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Awards: winner in 1991 for Hands On, Thumbs Up; honour book in 1996 for Let's Play[6]
- ALA Notable Book for Cat's Cradle, Owl's Eyes, 1984.
Bibliography
[edit]Books
[edit]- Gryski, Camilla (1983). Cat's Cradle, Owl's Eyes: A Book of String Games. Illustrated by Tom Sankey. Toronto: Kids Can Press. ISBN 0-919964-49-4.
- ——— (1985). Many Stars and More String Games. Illustrated by Tom Sankey. Toronto: Kids Can Press. ISBN 978-0-919964-76-1.
- ——— (1987). Super String Games. Illustrated by Tom Sankey. Toronto: Kids Can Press. ISBN 978-0-921103-44-8.
- ——— (1990). Hands On, Thumbs Up. Illustrated by Pat Cupples. Toronto: Kids Can Press. ISBN 978-0-921103-99-8.
- ——— (1992). Friendship Bracelets. Toronto: Kids Can Press. ISBN 978-1-55074-085-1.
- ——— (1993). Boondoggle: Making Bracelets with Plastic Lace. Illustrated by Linda Hendry. Toronto: Kids Can Press. ISBN 1-55074-131-4.
- ——— (1995). Camilla Gryski's Cat's Cradle: A Book of String Games. Illustrated by Tom Sankey. Kids Can Press. ISBN 978-1-55337-090-1.
- ——— (1995). Camilla Gryski's Favourite String Games. Illustrated by Tom Sankey. Kids Can Press. ISBN 978-1-55074-261-9.
- ——— (1995). Let's Play: Traditional Games of Childhood. Illustrated by Dušan Petričić. Toronto: Kids Can Press. ISBN 978-1-55074-817-8.
Shorter works
[edit]- Schwekbe, Shobhana; Gryski, Camilla (2003). "Gravity and Levity — Pain and Play: The Child and the Clown in the Pediatric Health Care Setting". In Klein, Amelia J. (ed.). Humor in Children's Lives: A Guidebook for Practitioners. Praeger. ISBN 978-0-89789-892-8.
- Koller, Donna; Gryski, Camilla (March 2007). "The Life Threatened Child and the Life Enhancing Clown: Towards a Model of Therapeutic Clowning". Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 5 (1): 17–25. doi:10.1093/ecam/nem033.
See also
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Sources
[edit]- ^ a b Lumley, Elizabeth, ed. (1997). "Gryski, Camilla Milton". Canadian Who's Who. Vol. XXXII. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 500.
- ^ Bortolotti, Dan (October 2004). "Our Heroes". Today's Parent. Vol. 21, no. 9. pp. 165–166, 169–170. ProQuest 232904543.
- ^ "The Hospital Clown Newsletter: Articles from Past Issues in PDF format Archived 2012-02-21 at the Wayback Machine", HospitalClown.com.
- ^ Davie, Michael B. (8 February 2003). "Comic relief; Laughter can promote healing, ease tension 'It's the social glue that binds us together'". Toronto Star. ProQuest 438568141.
- ^ Quill & Quire (July 1995). "Let's Play: Traditional Games of Childhood". Quill & Quire. Vol. 61, no. 7. p. 62. ProQuest 235721525.
- ^ "Information Book Award Archives". Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
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