Wallace Edwards

WALLACE EDWARDS, diplômé de l’École d’art et de design de l’Ontario, était un auteur-illustrateur primé. Ses peintures et ses illustrations se retrouvent dans des collections privées et publiques, des livres, des magazines et des expositions au Canada et aux États-Unis. Il est le créateur de Sur ma route…, Qu’est-ce que la paix?, Tombé du ciel et Alphabeasts. Ce dernier a remporté le Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général en 2002. Depuis, il continue à recevoir des nominations et des récompenses prestigieuses soulignant son approche géniale des albums illustrés. Il est malheureusement décédé en 2022.

WALLACE EDWARDS was a beloved children’s book writer and illustrator, known for his richly imaginative paintings, and the sense of wonder and humour in his work. His picture books were nominated for three Governor General’s Literary Awards; he won the award for Alphabeasts. Other honours include the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award, two Independent Publisher Book Awards, a CLA Honour Book and two OLA Best Bets, among many others; and his work is on the International Youth Library White Ravens list. Edwards completed work on his final picture book, Pigs Can’t Fly, before his sad passing in December 2022.

Books by Wallace Edwards

Pigs Can’t Fly

J’ai vu un cochon voler

Do You Wonder?

Can You Imagine?

Sur ma route…

A World of Kindness

Out of the Blue

Woodrow at Sea

Uncle Wally's Old Brown Shoe

Qu'est-ce que la paix?

Uncle Wally's Old Brown Shoe Read-Along

Unnatural Selections Read-Along

What Is Peace?

Once Upon a Line

Unnatural Selections

Mixed Beasts

You Are the Earth

Cat's Pajamas, The

Extinct Files, The

Alphabeasts

Monkey Business

Painted Circus, The

The Extinct Files