A memorable collection of weather sayings, beautifully arranged in story form and illustrated by renowned paper artist Elly MacKay.
ELLY MACKAY is a paper artist and a children's book author and illustrator. She wrote and illustrated the picture books If You Hold a Seed, Shadow Chasers and Butterfly Park, among others. She studied illustration and printmaking at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Her distinctive pieces are made using paper and ink, and then are set into a miniature theatre and photographed, giving them their unique three-dimensional quality. Elly lives in Owen Sound, Ontario, with her husband and two children.
One of New York Public Library’s Best Books for Kids 2018
One of Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Book Covers of
2018
Considered for one of Horn Book’s CaldeNott Honour Books 2019
PRAISE FOR Red Sky at Night:
"With MacKay’s dreamy cut-paper collage art featuring two siblings
exploring outdoors, the old-fashioned approach to weather is oddly
reassuring." --New York Times
"[T]his makes a perfect fit for primary weather units." --Starred
Review, Booklist
"A curated collection of old-timey weather sayings is artfully
brought to life in this exquisite informational picture book."
--Starred Review, Quill & Quire
"Distinctive, luminous illustrations delight the eye." --Kirkus
Reviews
"MacKay . . . once again relies on inventive, diorama-style artwork
to create a moving story." --Publishers Weekly
"A wonderful resource for nature lovers and for any classroom,
especially for art and science curricula." --School Library
Journal
"[T]his transfixing picture book will teach something new to
cloud-watchers everywhere." --BookPage
"[A] clever picture book. . . . Budding and amateur meteorologists
will enjoy this title, as will Canadian adults and children alike.
. . . Highly Recommended." --CM Magazine
"A memorable collection of weather sayings, beautifully arranged in
story form and illustrated by renowned paper artist Elly
MacKay.” --The Avidly
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