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Bev Brenna is a freelance writer, editor, and landscape artist from Saskatoon.

She has published 14 books for young people, earning a Printz Honor, a Dolly Gray Award, a Saskatchewan Book Award, and a Stuchner Award for humour. Her work has also been shortlisted for a Governor General’s Literary Award and included on CBC’s list of Young Adult Books That Make You Proud To Be Canadian. Bev’s two scholarly books about Canadian children’s literature are based on her faculty research (see Archives for research articles), and after teaching in elementary classrooms and special education settings, Bev is now a professor emerita from the University of Saskatchewan.

In 2024 she had three solo art exhibitions and numerous group shows in public and commercial galleries across Saskatchewan including the Elsie Scherle Gallery at Regina Beach and The Chapel Gallery in North Battleford. Her watercolour and acrylic landscapes are available through Dandelion Gallery in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Storm Clouds, JackFish Lake - a watercolour painting by Beverley Brenna
Cover of Contemporary Canadian Picture Books by Beverley Brenna, Richard Dionne and Theresa Tavares
Because of That Crow by Beverley Brenna
The Girl with the Cat by Beverley Brenna
Sapphire the Great and the Meaning of Life by Beverley Brenna
Cover of Fox Magic by Beverley Brenna
Cover of Stories for Every Classroom by Beverley Brenna
Cover of Wild Orchid by Beverley Brenna
Cover of Waiting for No One by Beverley Brenna
Cover of The White Bicycle by Beverley Brenna
Cover of Falling for Henry by Beverley Brenna
Cover of The Bug House Family Restaurant by Beverley Brenna
Cover of Something To Hang On To by Beverley Brenna
Cover of The Moon Children by Beverley Brenna
Cover of The Keeper of the Trees by Beverley Brenna
Cover of Spider Summer by Beverley Brenna
Cover of Daddy Longlegs at Birch Lane by Beverley Brenna