Overview

Back in print! When Amy goes fishing and loses her first big catch, the day is spoiled. Or is it? By the end of the day, Amy has a real fish story to tell as well as a lasting memory. A Morning to Polish and Keep is the classic children's picture book set on the beautiful Pacific Coast. It is a story of adventure, togetherness, and, ultimately, the comforting memory of family.

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A lovely tale for a summer evening. -The Toronto Sun Beautifully produced...superb illustrations. -Canadian Materials Lott's illustrations are handsome watercolors that capture the changing light of dawn and the ever-changing surface of the sea. -Quill & Quire A jewel...the book encapsulates a glowing summer memory that will strike a warm and resonant chord in everyone who has experienced the beauty and solitude of a lake, stream, or ocean before dawn. Words and pictures evoke the delights and regrets that emerge from a summer's last fishing trip. -Canadian Book Review Annual

-A lovely tale for a summer evening.- -The Toronto Sun -Beautifully produced...superb illustrations.- -Canadian Materials -Lott's illustrations are handsome watercolors that capture the changing light of dawn and the ever-changing surface of the sea.- -Quill & Quire -A jewel...the book encapsulates a glowing summer memory that will strike a warm and resonant chord in everyone who has experienced the beauty and solitude of a lake, stream, or ocean before dawn. Words and pictures evoke the delights and regrets that emerge from a summer's last fishing trip.- -Canadian Book Review Annual

A lovely tale for a summer evening. <i><b>-The Toronto Sun </i> Beautifully produced...superb illustrations. <i><b>-Canadian Materials </i> Lott's illustrations are handsome watercolors that capture the changing light of dawn and the ever-changing surface of the sea. <i><b>-Quill & Quire </i> A jewel...the book encapsulates a glowing summer memory that will strike a warm and resonant chord in everyone who has experienced the beauty and solitude of a lake, stream, or ocean before dawn. Words and pictures evoke the delights and regrets that emerge from a summer's last fishing trip. <i><b>-Canadian Book Review Annual</b></i>

A lovely tale for a summer evening. -The Toronto Sun Beautifully produced...superb illustrations. -Canadian Materials Lott's illustrations are handsome watercolors that capture the changing light of dawn and the ever-changing surface of the sea. -Quill & Quire A jewel...the book encapsulates a glowing summer memory that will strike a warm and resonant chord in everyone who has experienced the beauty and solitude of a lake, stream, or ocean before dawn. Words and pictures evoke the delights and regrets that emerge from a summer's last fishing trip. -Canadian Book Review Annual

Author Information

Born and raised in Victoria, B.C., Julie Lawson spent 18 years as an elementary school teacher before becoming a full-time author in 1991. Since then, she has published over twenty books for young people. Her first novel, White Jade Tiger, won the prestigious Sheila Egoff Award in 1994, and over the years she has garnered awards and nominations, critical acclaim and much recognition. She makes her home in Victoria, British Columbia. Sheena Lott, a nominee for the Amelia Frances Howard Gibbon Illustrator's Award, has illustrated six children's books, including A Morning to Polish and Keep and Midnight in the Mountains. She lives in North Saanich, British Columbia.

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