Jessie Hionis
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Jessie Hionis is a Canadian children’s author known for creating inclusive, emotionally supportive books for children, families, and classrooms. Her work focuses on diversity, emotional learning, and real-life family experiences, including adoption, foster care, and multicultural identity. She is best known for emotional learning books, activities & inclusive families books. Hionis is a publisher, educator, literary and pedagogical consultant whose work bridges the worlds of children’s literature, activity books, political nonfiction and adult fiction.
A lifelong teacher with over 37 years in education, Jessie understands how children learn best, through fun, creativity, and rhythm. That passion has inspired her popular book collections including The Calm and Cool Coloring Series, The Best Activity Book Ever, L’Ultime Cahier d’Activité, The Treasure Chest Collection, and Books with Heart. Her activity books and stories have helped countless children build literacy skills, discover creativity, and develop confidence in joyful, engaging ways.
As a child, Jessie was fascinated by nursery rhymes and the rhythm of words, often singing them until her sisters begged her to stop. That early love of rhyme grew into a lifelong passion for storytelling. In the classroom, she used rhyme and rhythm to strengthen phonemic awareness and literacy, blending entertainment with education. Many of her teaching materials published by Chelnèliere Education are still used in Canadian schools today.
Jessie is also the author of the provocative, adult, nonfiction work What if Canada Became the 51st State? A bold exploration of North American politics, identity, and culture and the gripping historical fiction of postwar Greece, immigrant survival, and resilience, Athena: Twirls of Unsettled Dust. Her writing invites readers to think critically, question assumptions, and imagine new possibilities.
Now retired from teaching, Jessie lives just outside Montreal with her husband Chris, who remains her first audience for every new story. She continues to create books that delight children, engage parents and teachers, and challenge and move adult readers. Her works entertain while sparking deeper conversations about family, education, and society.
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Books by Jessie Hionis
Books available at all fine bookstores and distributors. School and library prices available at Ingram.
Click HERE to shop at Indigo Click Here to shop at Barnes and Noble Click HERE to shop on Amazon Click HERE to shop bookshop.org
For more information about school visits, library and bookstore readings and wholesale purchases, contact us at
Vistit Jessie's Blog HERE hionis.jessie@gmail.com
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