Bruce Simpson never thought he’d become a published author one day, but when creativity strikes, there’s no way to stop it.
Now the local kindergarten teacher and songwriter has tapped into that creativity — plus his neighbour’s love of trees — with his self-published children’s book Paislee and the Talking Tree. And he’s had it translated into American Sign Language (ASL) and made that version available for free.
It all started, he said, when he heard that his neighbour waters the trees on his property.
“He takes a wagon and he waters the baby trees on their block,” Simpson said.
“I had this idea that if
