Children's Fiction City & Town Life
My Vancouver Sketchbook
- Publisher
- Nightwood Editions
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2010
- Category
- City & Town Life
- Recommended Age
- 3 to 6
- Recommended Grade
- 1 to 2
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780889712485
- Publish Date
- Feb 2010
- List Price
- $9.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781551924366
- Publish Date
- Jan 2001
- List Price
- $18.95
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Description
To sketch Vancouver
From dawn until dark.
From Spanish Banks
To Stanley Park
As young artist Marina explores Vancouver from dawn to dusk, she records her impressions in her sketchbook. From Stanley Park to Granville Island, from Horseshoe Bay to Chinatown, Marina delights in the diversity of this West Coast city and brings its colourful spirit to life. With the combination of lively illustration and playful text that we know from a href=http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/TheFerryboatRide>The Ferryboat Ride, My Vancouver Sketchbook is sure to delight both visitors and residents.
About the authors
Robert Perry is the author of Down at the Seaweed Café (Nightwood Editions, 2010) and My Vancouver Sketchbook (Nightwood Editions, 2010). He lives in Victoria, BC.
Illustrator and painter Greta Guzek lives in Gibsons, BC. Her illustrative work includes Down at the Seaweed Café, My Vancouver Sketchbook and The Airplane Ride (Harbour Publishing, 2006).
Awards
- Commended, A Best Book for Kids and Teens selection
Editorial Reviews
"Guzek's swirling images and Perry's graceful poetry evoke an exhilarating journey, as seen through the child, and the artist's eye."
--The Vancouver Sun
Praise for <i>My Vancouver Sketchbook</i>
Librarian Reviews
My Vancouver Sketchbook
Join aspiring young artist Marina as she explores Vancouver (brush and palette in hand) from dawn until dusk, discovering the sights of the city and bringing its colourful spirit to life in her sketchbook. Originally published in hardcover in 2001 by Raincoast Books (Our Choice 2002).Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Best Books for Kids & Teens. 2011.
