Children's Fiction Imagination & Play
How To
- Publisher
- Simply Read Books
- Initial publish date
- May 2013
- Category
- Imagination & Play, General
- Recommended Age
- 0 to 8
- Recommended Grade
- p to 3
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781897476574
- Publish Date
- May 2013
- List Price
- $18.95
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Description
This imaginative ‘how to’ book explores whimsical ways of doing a host of different tasks, including ‘how to wonder’, ‘how to see the breeze’, and ‘how to be brave’. With text and images by award-winning illustrator Julie Morstad, this book will be beloved by all ages. How to read this book? That is up to you!
About the author
span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Julie Morstadspan lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> is an author, illustrator and artist living in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her most recent book for children, How To, marks her authorial debut, and has received starred reviews in Kirkus, School Library Journal and Quill & Quire, as well as a Governor General's award nomination. Books she has illustrated for children include When You Were Small, recipient of the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award; When I Was Small, winner of the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize; and Singing Away the Dark, which was shortlisted for a number of children's literature prizes.
Awards
- Commended, IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities selection
- Winner, Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize
- Winner, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
- Nominated, Chocolate Lily Award
- Winner, Alcuin Society Award for Excellence in Book Design, first prize
- Short-listed, Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Illustration
- Winner, Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award
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