SARA O'LEARY is a writer of fiction for both adults and children.
Her most recent picture books include Maud and Grand-Maud, Owls are
Good at Keeping Secrets and the forthcoming This Is Ruby. Sara's
picture book This Is Sadie was adapted by the New York City
Children's Theatre. Her adult novel A Ghost in the House was
published by Doubleday Canada. A graduate of the UBC Creative
Writing Program, she has taught screenwriting and writing for
children at Concordia University in Montreal.
MARIE LAFRANCE studied Graphic Arts and Etching, worked as a
printmaker in San Francisco and New York, and eventually started
illustrating, a career which is not really a career as much as a
lifestyle, so she basically lives in her studio, cooking up
characters and trying to give graphic life to authors' great
stories. In the past twenty years, Marie has been illustrating
mostly children's books and now serves on the board of the
Association des Illustrateurs et Illustratrices du Quebec (AIIQ),
where she is also a part-president. Her work was nominated three
times for the Governor General's Literary Award, and she won the
Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award for A Hen for Izzy
Pippik, which was also a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the
Year. Marie lives in Montreal, Quebec, with her family.
"In this cozy, domestic setting, O’Leary explores what happens as
the mind takes in new information that expands one’s
world." —Publishers Weekly
"Sara O’Leary’s empathetic text, and Marie Lafrance’s imaginative
pictures, transport young readers to Gemma’s world from outside in
and inside out. . . . [A] gentle exploration of childhood."
—Imaginary Elevators
"Four stars." —Library Matters
"[A] delightful tale, one that is sure to be a favorite for
many." —Story Monsters Ink
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