Marie-Louise Gay
Author of Stella, Queen of the Snow
About the Author
Children's author and illustrator Marie-Louise Gay was born in Quebec City, Canada on June 17, 1952. While attending the Institute of Graphic Arts of Montreal, she decided graphic art was too restraining and transferred to the Montreal Museum School of Fine Art, where is majored in animation. She show more worked for various Canadian magazines doing editorial illustration and illustrated a children's book. In order to learn more about illustration, she attended the Academy of Art College in San Francisco for three years. She moved to Montreal, Canada and started illustrating children's books. In 1980, she decided to write and illustrate her own picture books. In 1984, she won the Canada Council Children's Literature Prize for illustration in both the English-language category for Lizzy's Lion and the French-language category for Drôle d'école. She won the Canadian Library Association Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon medal for Moonbeam on a Cat's Ear in 1987 and for Rainy Day Magic in 1988. The latter book also earned her the coveted Governor General's Award for illustration. She has also won the 2005 Vicky Metcalf Award, the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Mr. Christie's Book Award, and the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Marie-Louise Gay
Walking Trees 2 copies
Gute Nacht, Theo. (Ab 3 J.). 1 copy
de zero a minuit 1 copy
Stella en älva i skogen 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1952-06-17
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Canada
- Places of residence
- Québec City, Québec, Canada (birth)
Montréal, Québec, Canada - Awards and honors
- Governor General's Literary Award (Children's Literature-Illustration)
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Stella, queen of the snow by Marie-Louise Gay
Adventure
Stella and her little brother are spending the day at the beach. Stella has been to the seashore before and knows all its secrets, but Sam still has a lot of questions. Does a moonsnail come from the moon? What can you buy with a sand dollar? Stella has answers for them all. The only thing she's not sure about is whether Sam will ever come into the water. Through exquisite watercolors, this book brings to life a perfect summer day and the sweet and funny relationship between an older sister and her baby brother.… (more)
This book is super creative. I think there’s a lot to unravel here for young readers. The illustrations are great as well
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