New Releases by Julie Morstad

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 readers through a playful and fantastical exploration of the unique eyes, noses, mouths, freckles, wrinkles, scars and all those one-of-a-kind marks that make up a face. Embracing commonalities and differences alike, A Face Is a Poem is an ode to the unique beauty of each and every person''s appearance, with an empowering message of love.

Le temps est bien plus que le tic tac de l''horloge, plus que des nombres sur un calendrier. C''est un pépin qui attend, une fleur qui éclot, un arbre qui pousse. Le temps est-il une ligne ou un cercle ? Est-il rapide et court ? Lent et long ? Ou un simple souvenir ? Quoi d''autre ? Il est temps de le découvrir...

A playful and poignant exploration of the nature of time through the eyes of a child from acclaimed author/illustrator Julie Morstad. What is time? Is it the tick tick tock of a clock, numbers and words on a calendar? It''s that, but so much more. Time is a seed waiting to grow, a flower blooming, a sunbeam moving across a room. Time is slow like a spider spinning her web or fast like a wave at the beach. Time is a wiggly tooth, or waiting for the school bell to ring, or reading a story . . . or three! But time is also morning for some and night for others, a fading sunset and a memory captured in a photo taken long ago. In this magical meditation on the nature of time, Julie Morstad shines a joyful light on a difficult-to-grasp concept for young readers and reminds older readers to see the wonders of our world, including children themselves, through the lens of time.

Describes the numerous possibilities of things kids could do today.

"Cada día está lleno de infinitas posibilidades... sobre todo hoy"--Back cover.

"Le livre nous invite à suivre des enfants au fil d''une journée d''été. Tout au long de la journée, ils devront faire des choix: les vêtements à porter, la coiffure à adopter, les aliments pour déjeuner, où aller en premier, quel moyen de transport utiliser, etc. Chacun de ces choix est illustré par un certain nombre d''alternatives à la manière d''un imagier. Ainsi, on apprend à parfaire son vocabulaire en passant une journée dynamique avec des enfants créatifs et passionnés."--[SDM]

This beautiful new book by award-winning illustrator Julie Morstad captures a child''s imaginative delight in the ordinariness of the world, from getting dressed, to having breakfast, to choosing ways to get to school. This is a modern version of classic books like Oh, What a Busy Day by Gyo Fujikawa and The Best Storybook Ever by Richard Scarry.

Your little arms and legs move just like you are a baby monkey climbing into the leafy branches of a tree. But you are not a monkey. Your nose twitches and your mouth moves as though you are a bunny sniffing the garden air. But you are not a bunny. Moving from animal to animal, leading to a wonderful surprise at the end, this charming story engages young readers with both the text and the adorable art. A wonderful gift for both young children and their parents, especially every new parent who can’t stop marveling at their baby.

One side of this beautiful desktop calendar ("today") functions as a daily agenda, while on the other side ("some day") a clever mechanism allows you to predict which day of the week every date is until 2068. Seek out your next birthday or summer vacation - the fun is never-ending! For day dreamers of all ages.

Explores imaginative and whimsical ways of doing things, such as how to wonder, how to see the breeze, and how to be brave.

26 beautiful illustrated cards help children learn the alphabet. In a cardboard box.

ALL NEW DRAWINGS FROM A NOTED ILLUSTRATOR Julie Morstad has long excelled at illustration, often working in tandem with children''s writers, but in The Wayside, the storytelling potential of her fantastical pictures is fully realized. Within these pages Morstad''s worlds unite, maintaining their ethereal, almost fairy-tale beauty and yet also offering a loose overarching synthesis through thematic and visual commonalities. The work found herein combines the delicate line of Edward Gorey with the color palette of Marcel Dzama, and emerges as something utterly unique, a combination of the two with the spirit of Virginia Woolf. Dramatic, poetic, heavy with symbolism, Morstad''s drawings speak for themselves, exploring femininity, identity, and personal mythologies that interested her in her first Drawn & Quarterly book, Milk Teeth.

A GORGEOUS GEM, BACK IN PRINT The Vancouver artist Julie Morstad spins fairy tales infused with dreamlike innocence and a touch of the macabre, a universe populated by animals, flowers, peculiar objects, and disembodied heads. Milk Teeth was one of the first books in D+Q''s petit livre art book series, and quickly sold out.

With so many distractions always near at hand, convincing little ones to learn their ABCs can be a challenge. This gorgeous set of flash cards makes the process easier, and fun for both parent and child. These big, brightly colored, sturdy cards, featuring funny animals, intriguing characters, and objects both familiar and new, are perfect for grasping in small hands. Julie Morstad ABC makes this first, fundamental step in the reading process an enjoyable one, and proves a unique addition to a diverse collection of art.

Recueil de nouvelles rassemblant neuf écrivaines de la relève québécoise autour du thème de l''amour : Daniella et Rio tombent amoureuses du même jeune homme, une adolescente complexée par la beauté de sa meilleure amie met un terme à leur amitié, en vacances dans les caraïbes, Sacha vit une brève histoire platonique et sans lendemain avec un poète du coin, Justine, quinze ans, vit une peine d''amour humiliante et douloureuse, Gabrielle, qui se croit immunisée contre l''amour, se surprend à s''enivrer de l''odeur de Victor, une adolescente expérimente son premier baiser sur la bouche de sa meilleure amie, une autre dit l''amour qu''elle ressent pour son copain suicidé, Mirabeau tombe amoureuse de son jeune professeur d''histoire et Valentine prend une autre identité pour draguer Alexandre. -- Des nouvelles drôles, tendres et parfois tragiques. [SDM].