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Wash On! is "a story for the smallest of us" says Canadian Children's Book News

September 24th, 2018

“Michèle Marineau has written a story for the smallest of us. When we are tiny, sometimes we feel unimportant and overlooked, especially if we live in the shadow of an older sibling. Petronilla’s ability to cause chaos, not only throughout her own household but across the globe, is sure to amuse. Readers will revel in […]

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Literacious was particularly intrigued by the illustrative style Wash On!

September 5th, 2018

“Personal Reaction:I’m always fascinated to see children’s books translated from other countries as they are always extremely different from what we see published here in America. Not only are the stories different, but so are the illustrations. I really enjoyed this fun story about a little girl who’s just a little different!” Click here to […]

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Canadian Bookworm calls Wash On! “lovely” and “fun”

April 29th, 2018

“This lovely tale of a young girl who finds the magical power of words while taking a bath, will delight all young readers….The fun of imagining [coloritis] happening is enhanced by the illustrations showing color moving to other objects and the confusion it causes. A fun book.” Click here to read the full review

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CM Magazine says “Be swept away in the magic of colour” in Wash On!

April 18th, 2018

“Be swept away in the magic of colour as Petronilla and her family paint their home and town with every touch! Wash On! brings colour and life to a world in which Petronilla feels is too dull and boring at times…. Michèle Marineau shines the light on Petronilla who has been living in the limelight of her […]

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School Library Journal calls Wash On!M/cite> “an extremely funny story for family and storytime sharing”

April 6th, 2018

“When young Petronilla refuses to ‘wash off’ and instead decides to ‘wash on’ one day, she creates a series of hilariously chaotic events. With colors now staining anything she or her family touches, the world becomes a collage of random colors, spreading from person to person until ‘coloritis’ covers the globe….In her newest book Marineau, […]

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Wash On! “perfectly convey[s] the chaos of color” says Youth Services Book Review

March 20th, 2018

“Petronilla is a little girl with ‘a talent for chaos’ compared to her ‘perfect’ older sister Babette. One evening while taking a bath Petronilla says ‘Wash on!’ and instead of dirt washing off, colors wash onto her….When the abundance of colors makes it impossible to find the dog, Petronilla finally agrees to say ‘Wash off’ […]

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Good Morning, Grumple is “a charming tale” says Quill & Quire

April 26th, 2017

“…Good Morning, Grumple is a sweet story about a sleepy fox-like creature ­­- who does not want to get up in the morning – and the patient mother who knows exactly what to do. Author Victoria Allenby – whose debut picture books, Nat the Cat Can Sleep Like That, won the 2014 Preschool Reads Award – succeeds […]

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CanLit for LittleCanadians says “Collage art has never been so expressive and atmospheric” in their review of Good Morning, Grumple

March 28th, 2017

“…In Good Morning, Grumple, a mother fox, who has obviously endured many a morning struggling to get a grumpy young one in rumpled bed clothes out of bed, attempts the near impossible feat with an established process of rhyming song and accompanying actions…. Every household must have one or two grumples, and Victoria Allenby has contrived a playful […]

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