Kyo Maclear is an award-winning writer and novelist. Her ever-growing list of acclaimed picture books for children includes Virginia Wolf, The Specific Ocean, The Liszts, Bloom, Story Boat and It Began with a Page. She lives and works in Toronto, Ontario.
Isabelle Arsenault is a three-time winner of the Governor General's Award for Illustration and has been shortlisted for the Hans Christian Andersen Award; her work has garnered her several more honors besides. She is the illustrator of Virginia Wolf; Jane, the Fox and Me; Cloth Lullaby; and Just Because, among many other books. Isabelle is also the author-illustrator of the A Mile End Kids Story series. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.
Parents will enjoy sharing this book with their sometimes "wolfish"
children.--School Library Journal, Starred Review
... an ambitious story about girlish blues, sisterly differences
and the healing power of art ...--The New York Times
... plum for adults ... a level of literary and biographical
resonance to the tale of sisterly love.--Horn Book
... the book is ultimately a feel-good celebration of the power of
the imagination and art to create perfect places in the world when
none can be found.--Booklist
It's a tale to delight literary-minded adults as much as the kids
they're tucking in.--The Guardian
Knowledge of Virginia Woolf and her painter-sister Vanessa Bell is
unnecessary; this works beautifully as a bad-day/bad-mood or
animal-transformation tale, while readers who know actual
depression will find it handled with tenderly forceful
aplomb.--Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
Vanessa's act of love is recounted with grace and sensitivity in
this remarkable collaboration.--Publisher's Weekly
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