Awards

• Commended for OLA Best Bet 2012 (Canada)
• Short-listed for Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Picture Book Award 2013 (Canada)

Overview

Shortlisted for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Picture Book Award and selected as an OLA Best Bet for 2012 It's time for Ferdie to eat lunch, but he'd much rather find the special part for his fighter ship. When big sister Viola promises to help him, he comes to the table. But he finds broccoli on his plate, and carrots! Ever resourceful and imaginative, Viola convinces Ferdie that dinosaurs ate broccoli to escape their fiercest predators, and that carrots are just like the Orange Power Sticks that aliens eat for super vision. Doesn't Ferdie want to be just like them? Viola continues to persuade Ferdie to eat up, but when her energy finally flags, it's Ferdie's turn to create a wonderful surprise. Just as in A Few Blocks, an ordinary event seen through a child's eyes becomes an amazing adventure. This time the children switch back and forth between the lunch table and the elaborate fantasy worlds they imagine (shown in Cybele Young's intricate paper sculptures, which she has created from paintings of the children's surroundings). At the end of the story, the world of the imagination and the everyday magically come together, and Viola and Ferdie each enjoy a few bites.

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Praise for A Few Blocks: <br> Beautifully illustrated with distinctive etched-paper collages . . . celebrates creative play and sibling cooperation in a way that feels very real. -- The New York Times <br>

A good story and thoroughly engaging art that flows organically...a winner. --Kirkus, starred review <br><br>. ..another handsome piece of work. --Publishers' Weekly, starred review <br>

Young's illustrative and design powers are considerable, and she's created another handsome piece of work. * Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW * A good story and thoroughly engaging art that flows organically from it; two attractive siblings in a recognizable setting; a winner. * Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW *

Praise for A Few Blocks: Beautifully illustrated with distinctive etched-paper collages . . . celebrates creative play and sibling cooperation in a way that feels very real. The New York Times A good story and thoroughly engaging art that flows organically...a winner. -Kirkus, starred review ...another handsome piece of work. -Publishers' Weekly, starred review

A good story and thoroughly engaging art that flows organically...a winner. --Kirkus, starred review . ..another handsome piece of work. --Publishers' Weekly, starred review

Author Information

Cyble Young is an award-winning artist who exhibits her exquisite paper sculpture (Japanese paper printed with etched copperplates) internationally. She has illustrated several books for children, including Pa's Harvest by Jan Andrews, which was nominated for a Governor General's Award for Illustration and Jack Pine by Christopher Patton. She has most recently written and illustrated A Few Blocks, a Kirkus ReviewsBest Children's Book and Ten Birds, winner of a Governor General's Award for Illustration.She lives with her family in Toronto.

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