Posts Tagged ‘Manon Gauthier’

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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Wash On! is “topsy-turvy offbeat fun” says Kirkus Reviews

February 14th, 2018

“A girl alters a simple phrase and changes the world….Gauthier’s gorgeous mixed-media illustrations are quirky and angled, with an energetic combination of drawn lines, watery paint, cut paper, wood textures, and photo collage….Topsy-turvy offbeat fun.” Click here to read the full review

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“The real strength of A World of Kindness is its art,” CM Magazine says about A World of Kindness

January 1st, 2018

CM Magazine “A World of Kindness, the new collaboratively created picture book produced by the editors and illustrators of Pajama Press, offers young children aged two through five a simple introduction to the concept of kindness…. The real strength of A World of Kindness is its art….each illustration in its own way and style authentically highlights the […]

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Canadian Children’s BookNews praises Good Morning, Grumple as a way to “[take] time in the morning to read together in bed”

June 28th, 2017

“In rhyming verse, Allenby describes just how hard it can be to wake a sleeping grumple and offers up a gentle song to soften a sometimes-tricky transition…. Manon Gauthier’s simple collage illustrations give this book a handmade feel. She has made charming use of crayon, pencil, paint and scissors. Gauthier has cast the two main […]

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