Ruth Ohi is the illustrator of over 60 books, 23 of which she is also the author. Her latest are “Blanket” (Groundwood Books) and “Choose Kindness” (Scholastic Canada). Other author/illustrated books include “Scribble”, “No Help Wanted!” and the Fox and Squirrel Series (all published by Scholastic Canada). 

Ruth is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and lives in Toronto, Canada. Her books have been published in Korea, China, the United States, Belgium, Turkey, Holland, Australia and translated into Spanish and Hebrew.

Visit Ruth at www.RuthOhi.com. You can also find Ruth on Twitter: @Ruth_Ohi , Instagram: @RuthOhi and Facebook: @RuthOhi. 

A complete list of Ruth’s books can be found here.
Her latest book based video can be found here.

Ruth's books have been shortlisted for awards such as the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book, Shining Willow, Rainforest of Reading, Mr. Christie and Blue Spruce. They have been selected for Quill & Quire's "Books of the Year", IBBY Canada "Silent Books" Selection, CBC Books "Best Canadian Books for Kids", NYC READ365, Pennsylvania Centre for the Book's "Baker's Dozen", Kirkus Reviews Best Book, The Canadian Toy Testing Council's "Great Books", Ontario Library Association's "Best Bets", The Canadian Children's Book Centre's "Best Books" and the Toronto Public Library's "First & Best".

Ruth has had the pleasure of presenting across Canada at events such as the Alberta Library Association Conference in Jasper, Edmonton's Early Childhood Education Conference, Saskatchewan's Festival of Words, Calgary's Wordfest, Moncton's Frye Festival and Nanaimo's Children's Book Festival.  She's shared her work at schools and libraries from Newfoundland to Nanaimo to the Northwest Territories. Ruth's enjoyed being a Durham Catholic School Board Full Day Kindergarten Summer Camp guest speaker, an instructor for Toronto Public Library's 4 week workshops (for ages 8-12) and a Writer-in-Residence for the Toronto District School Board. 

“SCRIBBLE” is now available as a Trade Paperback - so excited that it gets a reprint! See the Scholastic website for info.

Toronto Star Author Essay (20/09/12): “Virtual Silver Linings and Finding Kindness in Unexpected Places”