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About

Jan Thornhill

Jan Thornhill is an author, illustrator and designer who brings her fascination with the natural world to her books for children. They include I Found a Dead Bird (National Parenting Publications Gold Award, Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction, Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award); The Wildlife 123 (UNICEF-Ezra Jack Keats International Award for Excellence in Children’s Book Illustration, Governor General’s Award finalist); and The Wildlife ABC (Governor General’s Award finalist). Jan recently won the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People. She spends her spare time in the woods obsessively collecting and cataloguing wild mushrooms and slime molds.

Books by Jan Thornhill

Winter's Coming

A Story of Seasonal Change

by (author) Jan Thornhill
illustrated by Josée Bisaillon

I Am Josephine

(And I Am a Living Thing)

by (author) Jan Thornhill
illustrated by Jacqui Lee

The Triumphant Tale of the House Sparrow

illustrated by Jan Thornhill

The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk

illustrated by Jan Thornhill

Winter's Coming

by (author) Jan Thornhill
illustrated by Josée Bisaillon

Is This Panama?

A Migration Story

by (author) Jan Thornhill
illustrated by Soyeon Kim

The Wildlife 123

A Nature Counting Book

by (author) Jan Thornhill

The Wildlife ABC

A Nature Alphabet Book

illustrated by Jan Thornhill
designed by Claudia Dávila & Wycliffe Smith

Who Wants Pizza?

The Kids' Guide to the History, Science & Culture of Food

by (author) Jan Thornhill

This Is My Planet

The Kids' Guide to Global Warming

by (author) Jan Thornhill

Folktails

Animal Legends from Around the World

illustrated by Jan Thornhill

I Found a Dead Bird

The Kids' Guide to the Cycle of Life and Death

by (author) Jan Thornhill

The Rumor

A Jataka Tale from India

illustrated by Jan Thornhill

The Wildlife ABC & 123

A Nature Alphabet & Counting Book

illustrated by Jan Thornhill