A Face Is a Poem
$44.54
- Hardcover
48 pages
- Release Date
22 October 2024
Summary
Look through the one-of-a-kind eyes of acclaimed author/illustrator Julie Morstad and explore the beauty, diversity and wonder of faces all around.
A face is a poem with all the parts put together, adding up to someone you love.
Have you ever stopped and looked, really looked, at a face? Do faces stay the same forever, or do they change? What if we could change faces to see through someone else’s eyes? What if eyelashes were butterflylashes?
Julie Morstad guides reader…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780735267565 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0735267561 |
| Author: | Julie Morstad |
| Publisher: | Prentice Hall Press |
| Imprint: | Prentice Hall Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 22 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 298mm x 259mm |
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Critics Review
Winner of the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize, 2025
A New York Magazine Best Kids Book of 2024
Shortlisted for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, 2025
One of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Best Books for Kids and Teens, Spring 2025
PRAISE FOR A Face Is a Poem:
”[B]lend[s] the real and the dreamlike… . [An] untethered session of wondering.” —Publishers Weekly
“This poetic exploration unfolds in a loving and inventive way, inviting thoughtful appreciation and conversation. Vibrant depictions of flowers and butterflies add elegant texture, underlining the idea that faces are part of a larger, wondrous world.” —Kirkus Reviews
“The importance of recognizing diversity and the need for acceptance of any human is an important message that comes at such a pivotal moment in time … Poetic text, captivating illustrations, and thought-provoking questions woven throughout make for an innovative book that is sure to spark conversations and lead to deeper discussions.” —Canadian Children’s Book Centre
About The Author
Julie Morstad
Julie Morstad is the author and illustrator of Today, How To and Time Is a Flower, which was a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book, winner of the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize, and a finalist for a Governor General’s Literary Award, among other honors. She has illustrated many other beloved stories for children, including Kate DiCamillo’s The Puppets of Spelhorst. In 2018, she illustrated a stamp for Canada Post. Julie lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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