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Joanne Schwartz

Joanne Schwartz was born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Her first picture book, Our Corner Grocery Store, illustrated by Laura Beingessner, was nominated for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. Her other books include City Alphabet and City Numbers, with photos by Matt Beam, and two Inuit folktales with Cape Dorset elder Qaunaq Mikkigak — The Legend of the Fog, illustrated by Danny Christopher, and Grandmother Ptarmigan, illustrated by Qin Leng. Joanne has been a children’s librarian for more than twenty-five years. She lives in Toronto.

Books by Joanne Schwartz

Head Full of Clouds

by (author) Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Afsaneh Sanei

Ages
4 to 7
Grades
p to 2

After it Rains

A Counting Book

by (author) Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Angela Doak

Ages
0 to 3
Grades
p

The Old Woman

by (author) Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Nahid Kazemi

Ages
4 to 8
Grades
k to 3

Wereduck

Cape Breton Coal Miners, 1900-1939

by (author) Joanne Schwartz

Ages
7 to 10
Grades
2 to 5

Fight On!

Cape Breton Coal Miners,1900-1925

by (author) Joanne Schwartz

Ages
7 to 10
Grades
2 to 5

Pinny In Fall

by (author) Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant

Ages
4 to 7
Grades
k to 2

Town Is by the Sea

by (author) Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Sydney Smith

Ages
5 to 9
Grades
k to 4

The Legend of the Fog

by (author) Qaunaq Mikkigak & Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Danny Christopher

Ages
6 to 8
Grades
1 to 3

Pinny in Summer

by (author) Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant

Ages
4 to 7
Grades
p to 2

Grandmother Ptarmigan

Inuktitut

by (author) Qaunaq Mikkigak & Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Qin Leng

Ages
0 to 2
Grades
p

Grandmother Ptarmigan

by (author) Qaunaq Mikkigak & Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Qin Leng

Ages
0 to 2
Grades
p

The Legend of the Fog

Inuktitut

by (author) Qaunaq Mikkigak & Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Danny Christopher

Ages
6 to 8
Grades
1 to 3