Read Aloud Story Time

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Patrick Cormier came to London Ontario Canada from Thunder Bay for university, where he earned his Honours in English Language and Literature at King’s College (Western). He met his wife at King’s and never left London, moving onto Wortley Road in 2000, not budging since and raising two great kids there, now grown. His whole family is big on nature; in fact they sometimes refer to camping trips as going to get some “Vitamin Tree”. By day Patrick works as an Information Services (IT) Manager and he is an avid all-season bike commuter.

The NugNugs are characters invented by Patrick and his children while chattering away in the car as they travelled for camping trips. Feeling nostalgic now that his kids are grown, Patrick combined the NugsNugs with the pride he felt as a child after his own first solo trip to the outhouse in the dark. From Patrick: "I always liked reading rhyming stories to my kids, the quirkier the better. This is my attempt to entertain kids in that same way. "