Marie-Louise Gay is a Fitzhenry and Whiteside author.
"Rainy Day Magic is a delight, a journey through the magical world
of a child's daydreams. . . The drawings are wonderful. Fresh,
vivid colour. Lovely renderings of a jungle, an undersea world, an
enormously beautiful blue whale, an appealing pink sea horse
("winning at sea-solitaire") and a mauve starfish wearing
sunglasses relaxing in a deck chair amid sea life of yellows and
greens. This enchanting story can be enjoyed by very young children
and older ones too. As an adult, I was immediately taken by the
charm, wit, rhyming verse, and colour in the story." -- CM Magazine
"Although this book may be enjoyed anytime on its own merits, it
could provide some much needed inspiration on a rainy day." --
Publishers Weekly
""Rainy Day Magic" is a delight, a journey through the magical
world of a child's daydreams. . . The drawings are wonderful.
Fresh, vivid colour. Lovely renderings of a jungle, an undersea
world, an enormously beautiful blue whale, an appealing pink sea
horse ("winning at sea-solitaire") and a mauve starfish wearing
sunglasses relaxing in a deck chair amid sea life of yellows and
greens. This enchanting story can be enjoyed by very young children
and older ones too. As an adult, I was immediately taken by the
charm, wit, rhyming verse, and colour in the story."
-- "CM Magazine"
"Although this book may be enjoyed anytime on its own merits, it
could provide some much needed inspiration on a rainy day."
-- "Publishers Weekly"
On a boring, rainy, windy day, two friends are stuck in the house and are beginning to get on Dad's nerves. Then they hide out in the basement and create a fantasy land to take them through the rest of the afternoon. Old chairs, rugs and boxes are transformed into banana trees, tigers and giant snakes. Victor and Joey (a girl) travel from the jungle, where they ride a tiger bareback, to the depths of the sea, where they encounter a seahorse playing solitaire and a friendly whale. Well-orchestrated, energetic drawings keep pace with the overall adventurous mood of the text through careful use of scale and color. The drab contents of a typical basement stand in contrast with the highly colorful imaginary land invented by the children. Camping out in the cellar turns out to be a creative solution to rainy-day doldrums and although this book may be enjoyed anytime on its own merits, it could provide some much needed inspiration on a rainy day. Ages 3-7. (Sept.)
"Rainy Day Magic is a delight, a journey through the magical
world of a child's daydreams. . . The drawings are wonderful.
Fresh, vivid colour. Lovely renderings of a jungle, an undersea
world, an enormously beautiful blue whale, an appealing pink sea
horse ("winning at sea-solitaire") and a mauve starfish wearing
sunglasses relaxing in a deck chair amid sea life of yellows and
greens. This enchanting story can be enjoyed by very young children
and older ones too. As an adult, I was immediately taken by the
charm, wit, rhyming verse, and colour in the story."
-- CM Magazine "Although this book may be enjoyed anytime
on its own merits, it could provide some much needed inspiration on
a rainy day." -- Publishers Weekly
"Although this book may be enjoyed anytime on its own merits, it
could provide some much needed inspiration on a rainy day."
-- "Publishers Weekly"
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