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DescriptionOn 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. Author descriptionCaroline Woodward is the author of novels and short stories for adults and picture books and novellas for children. She works as a lighthouse keeper on British Columbia's west coast when she isn't writing books. For more info, please visit www.carolinewoodward.ca. Julie Morstad is known for her surreal, whimsical work. Her books have garnered many accolades, including the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, Christie Harris Illustrated Children s Literature Prize at the BC Book Prizes, and First Prize at the Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design; they have been shortlisted for the Governor General s Literary Award for Children s Illustration, Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Award, Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator s Award, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award (Picture Book Category), and Chocolate Lily Award (Picture Book Category). She lives in Vancouver, Canada." |