Frieda Wishinsky

Frieda Wishinsky (born July 14, 1948) is a German-born Canadian educator and author of children's books. The daughter of Polish-Jewish parents, she was born in Munich and grew up in Manhattan. She received a BA in International Relations from City College of New York and a MSc Special Education from Ferkauf Graduate School. She has taught special education for children and adults in the United States, Israel and Canada. She now lives in Toronto.Wishinsky's first book was Oonga Boonga (1990). Her work has been translated into French, German, Hungarian, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, Korean, Spanish and Catalan.