Event Details
Join two picture book creators for stories about honesty, empathy and the courage to make things right.
Event Details
Join two picture book creators for stories about honesty, empathy and the courage to make things right.
Speakers for this event
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Christine Baldacchino
Christine Baldacchino
Christine Baldacchino’s books include Violet Shrink, illustrated by Carmen Mok; and the Stonewall Honor recipient Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress, illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant, winner of the CBC Bookie Award for Best Picture Book and finalist for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. Christine lives under a mountain of books and unfolded laundry with her husband and two cats.
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Judith Henderson
Judith Henderson
Judith Henderson is an award-winning creator of children’s books, television, and music. She is an author, illustrator, television producer, and songwriter, best known for writing the iconic theme song for the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Arthur. Her recent author-illustrated books are I Told A Little Lie (Holiday House) and Counting Poems (Reycraft). Her Big Words Small Stories series (Kids Can Press) was adapted for television, and This Is A Dog Book! (Kids Can Press) is currently in production as an animated series. Judith lives in Montreal, Canada.
Books
I Told A Little Lie
One teensy, tiny little lie can have big consequences, especially when there are expectations—like birthday cake, with four layers and vanilla buttercream icing and sprinkles. When a little girl catches a balloon everyone figures it’s her birthday. But she doesn’t correct them. Big oops. How do you confess to a lie when you didn’t expect it to go this far.
AuthorJudith Henderson
PublisherHoliday House
Monster Mender
A monster mender works hard to heal all wounds, but struggles to help a sea serpent who just seems … sad.
Dot is a monster healer. She treats bruises and burns and sore throats and sniffles for all sorts of creatures — dragons, krakens and gryphons included. But when Sea Serpent comes to see her because he’s feeling sad, Dot is stumped! She goes looking for the rarest ingredients to make something to get rid of Sea Serpent’s sad, but the potions and salves don’t help, and Sea Serpent doesn’t seem too keen on trying any more exotic teas.
Dot is worried that she’ll never be able to help Sea Serpent feel better. Lately, all she’s brought Sea Serpent has been her own company, and not-at-all-special tea. Does this mean she isn’t a very good monster mender, after all? When Sea Serpent comes to her with an unexpected revelation, Dot learns the healing power of being a true friend.
A gentle (and fantastical!) tale of what it means to support a friend struggling with their mental health, from the award-winning author of Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress and Violet Shrink.
AuthorChristine Baldacchino
PublisherGroundwood Books