Now in board book, the beloved story about a little girl with a big imagination from the award-winning team of Sara O'Leary and Julie Morstad.
SARA O'LEARY is a writer of fiction for both adults and children.
She is the author of the award-winning series of Henry books- When
You Were Small, Where You Came From and When I Was Small, all
illustrated by Julie Morstad. A graduate of the UBC Creative
Writing Program, she has taught screenwriting and writing for
children at Concordia University in Montreal. Sara was named for a
grandmother who was called Sadie all her life. She is happy to have
a child to name after her.
JULIE MORSTAD is an author, illustrator and artist living in
Vancouver, BC. Her book How To marked her authorial debut, and
received starred reviews in Kirkus, School Library Journal and
Quill & Quire, was a Governor General's Award nominee, and won the
Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. She is also the illustrator of
When You Were Small, recipient of the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book
Award; When I Was Small, winner of the Christie Harris Illustrated
Children's Literature Prize; Swan- The Life and Dance of Anna
Pavlova; Today; and When Green Becomes Tomatoes, which has recieved
numerous starred reviews.
One of Book Riot's 38 Children’s Book Gift Ideas for Clueless
Grown-Ups, 2018
One of Buzzfeed's 25 Absurdly Delightful Books to Read With Kids,
2015
One of Today’s Parent's Best Books for Toddlers
PRAISE FOR This is Sadie:
"As in previous collaborations like When You Were
Small and Where You Came From, O’Leary and Morstad put
forth a playful, imagination-first portrait of childhood,
introducing a girl named Sadie who is equally at home in the
expanses of her mind as she is in the outside world." --Publishers
Weekly
"This award-winning duo beautifully convey the magic that is to be
found in reading or listening to a story. The appealing text is
accompanied by lush drawings rendered in gouache, ink, and
Photoshop that lend it a fanciful feel in the best way possible.
With its leisurely pace and verdant illustrations, this book is a
delight for bedtime as well as an excellent storytime choice paired
with Crockett Johnson’s Harold and the Purple Crayon and
Peter Bently’s King Jack and the Dragon ...." --Starred
Review, School Library Journal
"Morstad's soft-palette illustrations engage perfectly with
O'leary's text creating a whimsical kid-centred picture book that
will be enjoyed by both children and adults. With something new to
discover upon each encounter, This is Sadie is sure to
become a favourite bedtime read." --Starred Review, Quill &
Quire
"In Morstad’s quietly delightful gouache and watercolor
illustrations, black-haired Sadie looks both delicate and strong,
pretty and at times androgynous. She’s a mermaid and “a boy raised
by wolves,” howling at the moon; she carefully chooses dresses and
artfully hammers nails into wood. It’s an appealingly rounded
glimpse of girlhood that’s somehow both timeless and
modern." --New York Times
“[A] … tender and playful ode to make believe…. Sadie is never the
same person for more than two pages, preferring instead to inhabit
different characters, often inspired by the books she reads. Every
moment of the day is a new opportunity to slip into a new role.
Sadie isn’t going through an identity crisis; she just wants to
explore every possibility of being.” --National Post
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