Event Details
All aboard for stories celebrating the sights, sound and surprises of getting from here to there.
Event Details
All aboard for stories celebrating the sights, sound and surprises of getting from here to there.
Speakers for this event
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James Gladstone
James Gladstone
James Gladstone is the author of many highly acclaimed picture books, including When Planet Earth Was New: A Short History of Our Planet’s Long Journey, illustrated by Katherine Diemert (Norma Fleck Award finalist); Turtle Pond, illustrated by Karen Reczuch (Norma Fleck Award); My Winter City, illustrated by Gary Clement (Globe 100 List); and Journey Around the Sun: The Story of Halley’s Comet, illustrated by Yaara Eshet (Sheila Barry Best Canadian Picture Book of the Year finalist). James lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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Suharu Ogawa
Suharu Ogawa
Suharu Ogawa is a Toronto-based illustrator originally from Japan. After working as an art librarian in California for several years, she moved to Canada in 2011 and is now an assistant professor at OCAD University and illustrates for NPR, Harvard Business School, CBC, and various magazines, children’s books, and public art projects.
Books
My Subway Runs
The journey begins with the roar of the subway from the street above, as the child and their mom descend to the dilapidated platform below. The child feels a rush of air as the train pulls in, people stepping on board just in time! Sights and sounds include the dark tunnel and screeching wheels, then the train suddenly breaks out into bright daylight high above the city. All the while, the child takes in the passengers around them — people on their way to work, kids going to school, and “the sleeper,” whom no one else seems to see. At Union Station, the child accompanies their mom from restaurant to restaurant as she looks for work, before they journey home.
Author James Gladstone’s lyrical story-poem and Pierre Pratt’s illustrations, rich in detail and humor, make this companion book to My Winter City (illustrated by Gary Clement) at once delightful and thought-provoking.
AuthorJames Gladstone
PublisherGroundwood Books
Oto and the Little Yellow Train
A debut picture book from acclaimed illustrator Suharu Ogawa that captures the unbreakable connection with a beloved grandparent, and how our most cherished memories stay with us no matter where we go.
Oto is on her way home back to the city from the best summer in the Japanese countryside with her Obah-chan. She knows that summer has to come to an end, but maybe on this train ride, she can make her memories last a little longer.
For fans of My Neighbor Totoro and Last Stop on Market Street, this timeless story features hand-painted illustrations and offers a beautiful take on the perennial theme of endings and new beginnings and the complicated nature of living far away from those we love. Readers will be swept along by the lyrical cadence of the train’s rhythm, and follow Oto as she and Obah-chan make their journey from the Japanese countryside into the city to say goodbye for another season.
Acclaimed artist Suharu Ogawa’s debut work as both author and illustrator is a highly personal story with universal appeal. The classic theme of endings and new beginnings is perfect for kids going back to school or moving to a new city.
AuthorSuharu Ogawa
PublisherAnnick Press
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