Violet
- Publisher
- Second Story Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2009
- Category
- General, General
- Recommended Age
- 5 to 7
- Recommended Grade
- 3
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781926920511
- Publish Date
- Sep 2009
- List Price
- $15.95
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Description
When Violet's father comes to pick her up at school, one of her classmates asks: How come your Dad is blue and you're not? Violet comes to appreciate the beauty of being different.
About the authors
Tania Duprey Stehlik is an elementary school teacher with the Toronto District School Board. She was born and raised in Montreal, but currently lives in Toronto with her husband Rob. She is of Indian and French Canadian descent and takes great pride in her mixed heritage from which the story of Violet is inspired. This is her first book.
Tania Duprey Stehlik's profile page
Vanja Vuleta Jovanovic is a multimedia artist and a free-lance graphic designer who has had her work displayed in several shows. She was born in former Yugoslavia and presently resides in Toronto. This is her first time illustrating a children's book.
Awards
- Runner-up, Ontario Library Association's Blue Spruce Award