HOPSCOTCH wins the QWF Janet Savage Blachford Award For Children's Literature!!!

November 21, 2024  /  Marie-Louise Gay

I am so happy to receive this wonderful award! About Hopscotch, the jurors wrote:

 

Borrowing from the school story, the fantasy story, the animal story, and even the horror story, among other genres characteristic of the children’s literary canon, Hopscotch provides readers with a story of impressive psychological depth…. It is also a wonderful ode to the child’s imagination and the power of creativity.

 

The images offer a clever visual exploration of Ophelia’s psyche: they are colourful and luminous when all is right; dark and washed out when things get rough. All is heightened by Gay’s use of many different techniques: watercolour, pencils, and pastels, to name a few, are mixed with great ingenuity to build a rich visual world.

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Travels in Cuba

May 04, 2021  /  Marie-Louise Gay

The fifth book in the Travels With My Family series has just been published! A family trip to the beautiful island of Cuba with adventures, secrets and music. Charlie’s questions about the country’s traditions, rules and mysteries lets us catch a glimpse of this fascinating place through a young boy’s eyes.

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