Children's Nonfiction Camping & Outdoor Activities
Up at the Lake
Summer Cottage Memories
- Publisher
- Crow Cottage Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2017
- Category
- Camping & Outdoor Activities, General, General, General, General, General
- Recommended Age
- 4 to 8
- Recommended Grade
- p to 3
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781987848434
- Publish Date
- Aug 2017
- List Price
- $9.99
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Description
Canadian artist Robert Amos opens his scrapbook of watercolor paintings, sketches and old family photographs to give us a poetic and personal account of early childhood memories at a Muskoka Lakes cottage. Up at The Lake features read-along narration, natural soundscapes and music. Ages 4 - 8
About the author
Robert Amos has painted thousands of pictures of the urban landscape and specializes in commissioned paintings of homes and gardens. He writes a weekly column, "On Art," published in the Times Colonist, and is the author (and illustrator) of seven books about Victoria, including , Artists in their Studios: Where Art is Born, and Inside Chinatown: Ancient Culture in a New World. Robert has recently been the artist in residence at the Fairmont Empress Hotel and is an Honorary Citizen of Victoria. He was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1995. Robert lives in downtown Victoria, British Columbia. Please visit Robert's website at robertamos.com.
