It Began With a Page
How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
Gyo Fujikawa's iconic children's books are beloved all over the world. Now it's time for Gyo's story to be told -- a story of artistic talent that refused to be constrained by rules or expectations.
Growing up quiet and lonely at the beginning of the twentieth century, Gyo learned from her relatives the ways in which both women and Japanese people lacked opportunity. Her teachers and family believed in her and sent her to art school and later Japan, where her talent flourished. But while Gyo's career grew and led her to work for Walt Disney Studios, World War II began, and with it, her family's internment. But Gyo never stopped fighting -- for herself, her vision, her family and her…
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September 24, 2019
KYO MACLEAR is an award-winning novelist, essayist, and children's author. Her books have been translated into eighteen languages and published in over twenty-five countries. She is the author of the hybrid memoir Birds Art Life (2017), winner of the Trillium Book Award. Kyo holds a doctorate in environmental humanities and is on faculty at the University of Guelph Creative Writing MFA.
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Time Is a Flower
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Girl on a Motorcycle
Amy Novesky; Illustrated by Julie Morstad
It Began With a Page
Kyo Maclear; illustrated by Julie Morstad
Julia, Child
Kyo Maclear; illustrated by Julie Morstad
Bloom
Kyo Maclear; illustrated by Julie Morstad
This Is Sadie
Sara O'Leary; illustrated by Julie Morstad
Sometimes We Think You Are a Monkey
Johanna Skibsrud and Sarah Blacker; illustrated by Julie Morstad
Beyond the Laughing Sky
Michelle Cuevas; Illustrated by Julie Morstad
JULIE MORSTAD is the author and illustrator of Today, How To and Time Is a Flower, which was a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book, winner of the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize, and a finalist for a Governor General’s Literary Award, among other honors. She has illustrated many other beloved stories for children, including Kate DiCamillo’s The Puppets of Spelhorst. In 2018, she illustrated a stamp for Canada Post. Julie lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
A Face Is a Poem
Julie Morstad
Time Is a Flower
Julie Morstad
Girl on a Motorcycle
Amy Novesky; Illustrated by Julie Morstad
It Began With a Page
Kyo Maclear; illustrated by Julie Morstad
Julia, Child
Kyo Maclear; illustrated by Julie Morstad
Bloom
Kyo Maclear; illustrated by Julie Morstad
This Is Sadie
Sara O'Leary; illustrated by Julie Morstad
Sometimes We Think You Are a Monkey
Johanna Skibsrud and Sarah Blacker; illustrated by Julie Morstad