Lee Edward Födi 🇨🇦 kidlit author
@leefodi.bsky.social
Kidlit author who teaches creative writing
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Detail of a whimsical sea creature I noticed last summer while we were wandering down the street in Halifax. Brought to you by #AEye.
#authorsEye #artistsEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
#authorsEye #artistsEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
February 6, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Detail of a whimsical sea creature I noticed last summer while we were wandering down the street in Halifax. Brought to you by #AEye.
#authorsEye #artistsEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
#authorsEye #artistsEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes, comes from Cynthia Kadohata:
"Books are music for my mind and my imagination.”
More on my blog:
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"Books are music for my mind and my imagination.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/w...
February 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes, comes from Cynthia Kadohata:
"Books are music for my mind and my imagination.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/w...
"Books are music for my mind and my imagination.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/w...
Love these gorgeous fox doorknockers I’m adding to my collection. They were gifted to me by the principal of a local school after I delivered my workshop where we designed secret doorways! My son has already put a claim on one of them . . .
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Love these gorgeous fox doorknockers I’m adding to my collection. They were gifted to me by the principal of a local school after I delivered my workshop where we designed secret doorways! My son has already put a claim on one of them . . .
In today’s school visit, we imagined characters through their suitcases! Taking inspiration from my book The Secret of Zoone, we developed fun ideas for characters such as Candy Smuggler, Shapeshifting Spy, Magical Creature Spy, etc., & filled their suitcases with the items that defined them.
February 3, 2026 at 11:56 PM
In today’s school visit, we imagined characters through their suitcases! Taking inspiration from my book The Secret of Zoone, we developed fun ideas for characters such as Candy Smuggler, Shapeshifting Spy, Magical Creature Spy, etc., & filled their suitcases with the items that defined them.
Ooh! Love these dragon eggs that students crafted in connection to Kendra Kandlestar and the Box of Whispers. Gorgeous!
#creativeeducation #kendrakandlestar #schoolvisit #creativewritingworkshop #authorvisit
#creativeeducation #kendrakandlestar #schoolvisit #creativewritingworkshop #authorvisit
February 3, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Ooh! Love these dragon eggs that students crafted in connection to Kendra Kandlestar and the Box of Whispers. Gorgeous!
#creativeeducation #kendrakandlestar #schoolvisit #creativewritingworkshop #authorvisit
#creativeeducation #kendrakandlestar #schoolvisit #creativewritingworkshop #authorvisit
Fun school visit today talking all things Kendra and Zoone. And I might have just achieved the pinnacle of my career; Kendra’s Land of Een made it on the classroom’s signpost pointing to fantastical realms!
#schoolvisit #authorvisit
#schoolvisit #authorvisit
February 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Fun school visit today talking all things Kendra and Zoone. And I might have just achieved the pinnacle of my career; Kendra’s Land of Een made it on the classroom’s signpost pointing to fantastical realms!
#schoolvisit #authorvisit
#schoolvisit #authorvisit
Presenting to my son’s own classroom is always a different sort of author visit! We had fun designing the contents of a monster’s fridge—here the kids have decided to temporarily abandon their own fridges and add to the one I’m modelling at the front.
February 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Presenting to my son’s own classroom is always a different sort of author visit! We had fun designing the contents of a monster’s fridge—here the kids have decided to temporarily abandon their own fridges and add to the one I’m modelling at the front.
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes, comes from E.L. Konigsburg:
“Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/w...
“Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/w...
January 29, 2026 at 5:55 PM
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes, comes from E.L. Konigsburg:
“Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/w...
“Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/w...
A weary wooden post puts on his sleeping cap and prepares for a long slumber. Brought to you by #AEye.
#authorsEye #artistsEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
#authorsEye #artistsEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
January 25, 2026 at 4:17 PM
A weary wooden post puts on his sleeping cap and prepares for a long slumber. Brought to you by #AEye.
#authorsEye #artistsEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
#authorsEye #artistsEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes, comes from Grace Lin:
“Your imagination will create many friends.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/w...
“Your imagination will create many friends.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/w...
January 22, 2026 at 4:46 PM
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes, comes from Grace Lin:
“Your imagination will create many friends.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/w...
“Your imagination will create many friends.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/w...
In my imagination, this a drowning snowperson. Did they run afoul of the dreaded Snowflake Gang?
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
January 16, 2026 at 9:09 PM
In my imagination, this a drowning snowperson. Did they run afoul of the dreaded Snowflake Gang?
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes, comes from Ralph Waldo Emerson:
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/w...
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/w...
January 15, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes, comes from Ralph Waldo Emerson:
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/w...
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/w...
A frozen forest in miniature. When I spotted this on a winter walk, I imagined tiny explorers trekking through this foreboding—but beautiful—landscape.
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
January 10, 2026 at 10:12 PM
A frozen forest in miniature. When I spotted this on a winter walk, I imagined tiny explorers trekking through this foreboding—but beautiful—landscape.
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
Here’s my first quote of the year for the teens in my creative writing classes, which comes from Pam Grossman:
“I have actually come to believe that creativity IS magic.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/w...
“I have actually come to believe that creativity IS magic.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/w...
January 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Here’s my first quote of the year for the teens in my creative writing classes, which comes from Pam Grossman:
“I have actually come to believe that creativity IS magic.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/w...
“I have actually come to believe that creativity IS magic.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/w...
From our snowshoe walk on New Year’s Day, this author’s eye offers you a witch or wizard of the wintery wood, cloaked in a mantle of snow, head bowed in supplication.
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye
January 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM
From our snowshoe walk on New Year’s Day, this author’s eye offers you a witch or wizard of the wintery wood, cloaked in a mantle of snow, head bowed in supplication.
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye
The inside of the bell of a faux-antique phonograph, which I encountered during our family summer vacation. Time to sound in the new year! Brought to you by AEye (Author’s Eye, which is far more gratifying than AI).
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye #humancontent
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye #humancontent
December 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The inside of the bell of a faux-antique phonograph, which I encountered during our family summer vacation. Time to sound in the new year! Brought to you by AEye (Author’s Eye, which is far more gratifying than AI).
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye #humancontent
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye #humancontent
It’s time for my final quote of the year for the teens in my creative writing classes, and comes from Dorothy Allison:
“Storytelling can be a strategy to help you make sense out of your life.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/w...
“Storytelling can be a strategy to help you make sense out of your life.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/w...
December 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It’s time for my final quote of the year for the teens in my creative writing classes, and comes from Dorothy Allison:
“Storytelling can be a strategy to help you make sense out of your life.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/w...
“Storytelling can be a strategy to help you make sense out of your life.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/w...
A photo of a simple tangle of rope, snapped on our summer holiday—if you ask me, it’s a mermaid clinging to the corner of a lobster cage. Once she was pulled from the depths of the ocean and struck by sunlight, she was transformed.
#authorsEye #AEye
#authorsEye #AEye
December 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
A photo of a simple tangle of rope, snapped on our summer holiday—if you ask me, it’s a mermaid clinging to the corner of a lobster cage. Once she was pulled from the depths of the ocean and struck by sunlight, she was transformed.
#authorsEye #AEye
#authorsEye #AEye
The quote of the week for the kids in my creative writing classes comes from Brian Eno:
“Children learn through play. Adults play through art.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/w...
“Children learn through play. Adults play through art.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/w...
December 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The quote of the week for the kids in my creative writing classes comes from Brian Eno:
“Children learn through play. Adults play through art.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/w...
“Children learn through play. Adults play through art.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/w...
Autumn leaves, kissed by rain.
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye #humancontent #JustTheWayIsawIt #northvancouver
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye #humancontent #JustTheWayIsawIt #northvancouver
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Autumn leaves, kissed by rain.
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye #humancontent #JustTheWayIsawIt #northvancouver
#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye #humancontent #JustTheWayIsawIt #northvancouver
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Like everyone else, I inadvertently snap photos with my phone. I end up keeping many of them because of the patterns, shapes, or ideas I’ve captured. This one feels halfway to a dream. Let’s just call this AI (accidental intelligence)!
#AccidentalIntelligence! #artistseye #humancontent
#AccidentalIntelligence! #artistseye #humancontent
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Like everyone else, I inadvertently snap photos with my phone. I end up keeping many of them because of the patterns, shapes, or ideas I’ve captured. This one feels halfway to a dream. Let’s just call this AI (accidental intelligence)!
#AccidentalIntelligence! #artistseye #humancontent
#AccidentalIntelligence! #artistseye #humancontent
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...