Nancy Tovell is a Program Coordinator at Bookmates, and a proud supporter of family literacy and
inter-generational learning. Nancy graduated from the University of Manitoba and then spent several
years travelling five continents and collecting a million special memories. Included in these memories
are working with early childhood education programs in London, England, as well as creating
spontaneous “language sharing and literacy sessions” from Bodrum, Turkey to Cape Town, South
Africa. Prior to joining Bookmates, she owned The Book Girl, a company providing books to schools
and child care centres in Winnipeg. As the mother to two young girls, she believes that an important
piece of family literacy is fostering a connection to nature by tasting the earth, collecting bugs, and
playing in the rain.