Lee Edward Födi 🇨🇦 kidlit author
@leefodi.bsky.social
Kidlit author who teaches creative writing
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The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie:
“I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/w...
“I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/w...
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie:
“I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/w...
“I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/w...
A little mushroom family spotted by the seven-year-old and me as we trekked home from school one day last week. We imagined these little folk were on the move—but we never decide if they were escaping peril or seeking adventure . . .
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A little mushroom family spotted by the seven-year-old and me as we trekked home from school one day last week. We imagined these little folk were on the move—but we never decide if they were escaping peril or seeking adventure . . .
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
Quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Joseph Campbell:
“Is the system going to eat you up and relieve you of your humanity? Or are you going to be able to use the system to human purposes?”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/w...
“Is the system going to eat you up and relieve you of your humanity? Or are you going to be able to use the system to human purposes?”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/w...
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Joseph Campbell:
“Is the system going to eat you up and relieve you of your humanity? Or are you going to be able to use the system to human purposes?”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/w...
“Is the system going to eat you up and relieve you of your humanity? Or are you going to be able to use the system to human purposes?”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/w...
Beautiful tile art outside the Doctor Sun Yat-Sen garden in downtown Vancouver, brought to you by A-Eye.
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye #humancontent #JustTheWayIsawIt
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye #humancontent #JustTheWayIsawIt
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Beautiful tile art outside the Doctor Sun Yat-Sen garden in downtown Vancouver, brought to you by A-Eye.
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye #humancontent #JustTheWayIsawIt
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye #humancontent #JustTheWayIsawIt
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Kyo Maclear:
“There are moments when what we need, what will benefit us most, is the power to style our own stories.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/w...
“There are moments when what we need, what will benefit us most, is the power to style our own stories.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/w...
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Kyo Maclear:
“There are moments when what we need, what will benefit us most, is the power to style our own stories.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/w...
“There are moments when what we need, what will benefit us most, is the power to style our own stories.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/w...
Finished the lightsaber prop for my son’s Halloween costume just in time. All hand made with recycled bits and bobs!
October 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Finished the lightsaber prop for my son’s Halloween costume just in time. All hand made with recycled bits and bobs!
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Stephen King:
“Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/w...
“Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/w...
October 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Stephen King:
“Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/w...
“Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/w...
Thank you to attendees Liza for allowing me to share this photo of her notebook from my session, The Creative Storm, which I delivered at the BCTLA fall conference. I love this extremely human encapsulation of my presentation!
#authoreye #artisteye #Aeye #humaneye #creativeeducation
#authoreye #artisteye #Aeye #humaneye #creativeeducation
October 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Thank you to attendees Liza for allowing me to share this photo of her notebook from my session, The Creative Storm, which I delivered at the BCTLA fall conference. I love this extremely human encapsulation of my presentation!
#authoreye #artisteye #Aeye #humaneye #creativeeducation
#authoreye #artisteye #Aeye #humaneye #creativeeducation
A poisonish apple for you, my pretties. It’s a bit of #AEye (that’s “Author’s Eye”), befitting of Halloween week.
My son and I found this apple on what we call the witch’s tree near our house. We will have to add it to the next version of the alternate-realm map of our neighborhood.
My son and I found this apple on what we call the witch’s tree near our house. We will have to add it to the next version of the alternate-realm map of our neighborhood.
October 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A poisonish apple for you, my pretties. It’s a bit of #AEye (that’s “Author’s Eye”), befitting of Halloween week.
My son and I found this apple on what we call the witch’s tree near our house. We will have to add it to the next version of the alternate-realm map of our neighborhood.
My son and I found this apple on what we call the witch’s tree near our house. We will have to add it to the next version of the alternate-realm map of our neighborhood.
It’s the last week of the spooky season! This author’s eye brings you a menacing sunflower plant. It’s a nice friendly plant, honestly. That is until the light of a Halloween moon. Then all bets are off.
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye #humancontent #JustTheWayIsawIt
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye #humancontent #JustTheWayIsawIt
October 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
It’s the last week of the spooky season! This author’s eye brings you a menacing sunflower plant. It’s a nice friendly plant, honestly. That is until the light of a Halloween moon. Then all bets are off.
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye #humancontent #JustTheWayIsawIt
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye #humancontent #JustTheWayIsawIt
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from ME:
“Erasers are the enemies of ideas.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/w...
“Erasers are the enemies of ideas.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/w...
October 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from ME:
“Erasers are the enemies of ideas.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/w...
“Erasers are the enemies of ideas.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/w...
Excited to be a part of this magical crew of BC kidlit creators presenting at the BCTLA conference this week!
Catch my morning session on creativity then join @cwillbc.bsky.social in the afternoon when we showcase exciting activities & resources for the classroom.
🇨🇦📚🦄
#bctla #bctlaconference
Catch my morning session on creativity then join @cwillbc.bsky.social in the afternoon when we showcase exciting activities & resources for the classroom.
🇨🇦📚🦄
#bctla #bctlaconference
October 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Excited to be a part of this magical crew of BC kidlit creators presenting at the BCTLA conference this week!
Catch my morning session on creativity then join @cwillbc.bsky.social in the afternoon when we showcase exciting activities & resources for the classroom.
🇨🇦📚🦄
#bctla #bctlaconference
Catch my morning session on creativity then join @cwillbc.bsky.social in the afternoon when we showcase exciting activities & resources for the classroom.
🇨🇦📚🦄
#bctla #bctlaconference
Excited to be a part of this magical crew of BC kidlit creators presenting at the BCTLA fall conference this week!
🇨🇦📚🦄
#bctla #bctlaconference2025 #ireadcanadian #readBc #creativehealth #creativeeducation
🇨🇦📚🦄
#bctla #bctlaconference2025 #ireadcanadian #readBc #creativehealth #creativeeducation
October 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Excited to be a part of this magical crew of BC kidlit creators presenting at the BCTLA fall conference this week!
🇨🇦📚🦄
#bctla #bctlaconference2025 #ireadcanadian #readBc #creativehealth #creativeeducation
🇨🇦📚🦄
#bctla #bctlaconference2025 #ireadcanadian #readBc #creativehealth #creativeeducation
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Jeong Kwan:
“All art is a work in progress.”
“All art is a work in progress.”
October 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Jeong Kwan:
“All art is a work in progress.”
“All art is a work in progress.”
Led a project called “The Ugliest Doll Ever,” in my most recent creative writing project. Loved the result! Some dolls were cute, other ugly—some TERRIFYING! But one thing they all have in common? They have led to fantastic stories . . .
October 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Led a project called “The Ugliest Doll Ever,” in my most recent creative writing project. Loved the result! Some dolls were cute, other ugly—some TERRIFYING! But one thing they all have in common? They have led to fantastic stories . . .
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Rick Rubin:
“All art is a work in progress.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/w...
“All art is a work in progress.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/w...
October 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Rick Rubin:
“All art is a work in progress.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/w...
“All art is a work in progress.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/w...
It’s the spooky season, and this author’s eye brings you a beleaguered leaf that the seven-year-old and I found on the pavement while walking to the park. According to my son, it’s a sad skull with a hole in his head. His own AEye is coming along!
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI
October 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It’s the spooky season, and this author’s eye brings you a beleaguered leaf that the seven-year-old and I found on the pavement while walking to the park. According to my son, it’s a sad skull with a hole in his head. His own AEye is coming along!
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Edgar Allen Poe:
“They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/w...
“They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/w...
October 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Edgar Allen Poe:
“They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/w...
“They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/w...
Excited to be presenting at the fall BCTLA conference on Oct 24.
My topic: The Creative Storm: 9 things I’ve learned about creativity from writing for—& teaching it to—kids.
I will be covering AI, the value of human process, classroom strategies, & the concept of creative health
My topic: The Creative Storm: 9 things I’ve learned about creativity from writing for—& teaching it to—kids.
I will be covering AI, the value of human process, classroom strategies, & the concept of creative health
September 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Excited to be presenting at the fall BCTLA conference on Oct 24.
My topic: The Creative Storm: 9 things I’ve learned about creativity from writing for—& teaching it to—kids.
I will be covering AI, the value of human process, classroom strategies, & the concept of creative health
My topic: The Creative Storm: 9 things I’ve learned about creativity from writing for—& teaching it to—kids.
I will be covering AI, the value of human process, classroom strategies, & the concept of creative health
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Linus Pauling:
“The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/09/25/w...
“The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/09/25/w...
September 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Linus Pauling:
“The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/09/25/w...
“The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/09/25/w...
This author’s eye brings you a one-legged letter A being greeted by a persistent plant.
I found this scene in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia—nothing contrived about this photo! It’s just the way I saw it.
#AEye #authorsEye #artistsEye #betterthanAI
I found this scene in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia—nothing contrived about this photo! It’s just the way I saw it.
#AEye #authorsEye #artistsEye #betterthanAI
September 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This author’s eye brings you a one-legged letter A being greeted by a persistent plant.
I found this scene in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia—nothing contrived about this photo! It’s just the way I saw it.
#AEye #authorsEye #artistsEye #betterthanAI
I found this scene in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia—nothing contrived about this photo! It’s just the way I saw it.
#AEye #authorsEye #artistsEye #betterthanAI
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Lucy Liu:
“I think it’s important to make a mess because sometimes that’s how creative things happen.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/w...
“I think it’s important to make a mess because sometimes that’s how creative things happen.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/w...
September 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Lucy Liu:
“I think it’s important to make a mess because sometimes that’s how creative things happen.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/w...
“I think it’s important to make a mess because sometimes that’s how creative things happen.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/w...
One of my favourite parts of my creative writing program for kids is when I get to hand out the finished books from the previous term! I love seeing my students’ reactions, and to see them swap copies, give autographs, and flip through the worlds they imagined. I am super proud of them.
September 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
One of my favourite parts of my creative writing program for kids is when I get to hand out the finished books from the previous term! I love seeing my students’ reactions, and to see them swap copies, give autographs, and flip through the worlds they imagined. I am super proud of them.
Took this pic while touring the HMCS Sackville in Halifax. You might say this is an unremarkable bit of rope, but it caught my Author’s Eye. If you ask me, this tiny noose serves as a warning to any would-be pixie-pirates to not cause mischief . .
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#AEye #authorsEye #artistsEye #betterthanAI
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#AEye #authorsEye #artistsEye #betterthanAI
September 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Took this pic while touring the HMCS Sackville in Halifax. You might say this is an unremarkable bit of rope, but it caught my Author’s Eye. If you ask me, this tiny noose serves as a warning to any would-be pixie-pirates to not cause mischief . .
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#AEye #authorsEye #artistsEye #betterthanAI
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#AEye #authorsEye #artistsEye #betterthanAI
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from beloved Canadian Children’s author, Lucy Maud Montgomery:
“How we all love to create! It is a little bit of the divine in us.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/09/11/w...
“How we all love to create! It is a little bit of the divine in us.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/09/11/w...
September 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from beloved Canadian Children’s author, Lucy Maud Montgomery:
“How we all love to create! It is a little bit of the divine in us.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/09/11/w...
“How we all love to create! It is a little bit of the divine in us.”
More thoughts about this quote on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/09/11/w...