STUNNING, UNIQUE ART: Elly is a beloved paper artist and the critically acclaimed author/illustrator of many picture books as well as book covers.
ACCLAIMED AUTHOR: Kallie is a prolific writer for children, writing across genres, and has received numerous awards, honors and praise.
SUBTLE SUBLIME WRITING: Gentle, moving text that appeals to the heart without being stuffy will speak to many different buyers.
ODE TO BEING LITTLE: This story celebrates the often overlooked members of the family: the littlest and quietest children.
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KALLIE GEORGE is an author, editor and creative writing teacher living in Vancouver, BC. Her upcoming picture book If I Couldn’t Be Anne continues her successful work adapting the Anne of Green Gables series for a new generation and follows Anne Arrives, Anne’s Kindred Spirits and Goodnight, Anne. She has written other acclaimed books for children, including The Lost Gift; Secrets I Know; Duck, Duck, Dinosaur and The Melancholic Mermaid, as well as The Magical Animal Adoption Agency series and The Heartwood Hotel series. She has also taught writing workshops for children and adults across Canada, as well as in South Korea, and currently teaches at Emily Carr University.
Author Residence: Vancouver, British Columbia
ELLY MACKAY is an acclaimed paper artist and children's book author and illustrator. She wrote and illustrated the picture book Red Sky at Night, as well as Waltz of the Snowflakes, If You Hold a Seed and Butterfly Park, among others. Elly's art was also featured on the covers of Tundra's reissues of L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon series. Her distinctive pieces are made using paper and ink, and then are set into a miniature theater and photographed, giving them their unique three-dimensional quality. Elly lives in Owen Sound, Ontario, with her two children.
Illustrator Residence: Owen Sound, Ontario
“Sweet and pretty for bedtime or naptime — and validating to little ones all the time.” —STARRED REVIEW, Kirkus Reviews
“In this quietly resplendent picture book, a younger sibling who has missed out on seeing a deer sets off alone in search of one.”—Shelf Awareness