Joy Noble

Joy Noble and her son

Joy was born in Windsor, Ontario Canada and moved to Brampton, Ontario to pursue her teaching career.  It was there that she became extremely involved in the Peel Board’s Literacy initiative.  She worked with a variety of educators from both the Board and the University to develop effective literacy strategies for primary students.

Joy currently lives with her beautiful son Justin.  They have been through a lot of losses including that of her amazing mother and their beloved little pooch Tinker. Having lost her father and brother as a child, she knew how difficult it is to understand and discuss death.  Joy wrote a poem for her son, entitled Missing Tink, to help him cope with their puppy’s death.  Joy’s son had a lot of questions and she didn’t have a lot of answers.  She shared her work with him and it inspired wonderful conversations that inevitably helped both of them heal.  Later, Joy shared Missing Tink with her students and once again, they were eager to discuss their personal experiences and even asked to write about them.  From these experiences, Joy decided to seek publication of Missing Tink, which will soon be released as a book by Creative House Kids Press.

 

Lucie Rivard on left, Joy Noble on right

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule Release April 2012