Singing Away the Dark

by Caroline Woodward, illustrated by Julie Morstad

tagged: country life

Description

Now available in a new, jacketed, large format special edition! On a dark winter’s morning a little girl has to trudge a mile to catch the school bus. Will she be able to sing her way through the shadows? Lilting rhyming text by Caroline Woodward and stunning paintings by multiple award-winning illustrator Julie Morstad herald an era when singing away the dark was part of a six-year-old’s rural school-going routine.

The original edition of Singing Away the Dark (Simply Read Books, 2010) was a finalist for the 2011 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Prize, the 2010-2011 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, the 2011 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award (Picture Book category), and the 2011-2012 Chocolate Lily Award (Picture Book category). It was also a 2012 Best Books for Kids and Teens selection by the Canadian Children's Book Centre.

About the Authors

Caroline Woodward is the author of the children’s books The Village of Many Hats (Oolichan Books, 2012) and Singing Away the Dark (Simply Read Books, 2010). She has also written books for adults, including a bestselling memoir, Light Years: Memoir of a Modern Lighthouse Keeper (Harbour Publishing, 2015). She lives and works as a lightkeeper on the Lennard Island Lightstation, near Tofino, BC, with husband Jeff George. Learn more about her at www.carolinewoodward.ca.

Age:: 4 to 8
Grade:: p to 3

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Singing Away the Dark

by Caroline Woodward, illustrated by Julie Morstad

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