Awards

• Commended for Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2020
• Winner of Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book (United States).
• Winner of Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor Book (United States).
• Winner of Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) (United States).
• Winner of Red Cedar Book Award (B.C.'s Young Readers' Choice Awards) (United States).

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Often mimicking Fujikawa's style, Morstad layers engaging details and deep emotional resonance onto Maclear's spare, poetic text...A splendid picture-book celebration of an artist and activist. -- Kirkus Reviews <strong>(starred review)</strong> It Began with a Page... tells [Gyo Fujikawa's] story beautifully, in picture-book form. -- The New Yorker

Often mimicking Fujikawa's style, Morstad layers engaging details and deep emotional resonance onto Maclear's spare, poetic text...A splendid picture-book celebration of an artist and activist. -- Kirkus Reviews <strong>(starred review)</strong> Spare, elegant spreads and graceful prose...Maclear and Morstad's biography conveys with quiet power how recently segregation reached into every aspect of American life, and how one woman did her part to defeat it. -- Publishers Weekly <strong>(starred review)</strong> It Began with a Page... tells [Gyo Fujikawa's] story beautifully, in picture-book form. -- The New Yorker A breathtakingly beautiful tribute to a woman who deserves much wider recognition. Morstad is the perfect interpreter for both Fujikawa's life and art-both share a profound sensitivity to the inner lives of children. It Began with a Page is playful, bold and, much like its subject, full of grace. -- Jillian Tamaki, Caldecott Honor winner for <em>This One Summer</em> Julie Morstad has so effortlessly captured the essence of Gyo Fujikawa's art with a fresh and contemporary twist. -- Salina Yoon, creator of the <em>Penguin</em> picture book series

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As a little girl Kyo Maclear wanted very badly to be a fashion designer. She spent countless hours in her London home drawing crazy dresses, including a very special giant cloud dress. Although not a fashion designer, Maclear is the critically acclaimed author of many children's books including, JULIA, CHILD, THE WISH TREE, VIRGINIA WOLF and MR. FLUX. Kyo holds an Honors B.A. in Fine Art and Art History an M.A. in Cultural Studies from the University of Toronto, and is a doctoral candidate at York University where she holds a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. When she is not writing, Kyo Maclear plants her garden with flowers in all shades of blue.   Julie Morstad is an award-winning illustrator and artist. She has many children's books including, TODAY, HOW TO, and THE WAYSIDE. Her beautiful illustrations can be found in WHEN GREEN BECOMES TOMATOES; WHEN I WAS SMALL; THIS IS SADIE; JULIA, CHILD and critically acclaimed SWAN: THE LIFE AND DANCE OF ANNA PAVLOVA. Living in Vancouver, British Columbia, Julie enjoys her garden filled with dahlias, peonies, Cotton Candy grass, hydrangeas, cosmos and wildflowers.

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