Mindy Dwyer has written and illustrated several children's books, including Alaska's Sleeping Beauty, Alaska's Snow White and Her Seven Sled Dogs, and The Salmon Princess. She is the recipient of "Not Just For Kids Anymore Award" from the Children's Book Council, a National Parenting Publication Award, and a Young Readers Choice Award. She lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she sees and admires crows and ravens from afar.
"The Salmon Princess: An Alaska Cinderella Story," is another fine
addition to the growing list of literal wonders from Mindy Dwyer.
Dwyer, who has moved to Port Townsend, Wash., has two talents: She
can write a form of prose/poetry that sings directly to the soul,
and she can create art that delights... Detailed studies in
sophistication and composition, each illustration advances the
story while it makes a home in the viewer's eye. Her work has a
dignity and beauty that is rare in any form of art.
The Statesman Journal
Mindy Dwyer recasts Cinderella into an Alaska fish camp in The
Salmon Princess. We all know how it ends, but combining rubber
boots with a silver gown for the Silver Salmon Festival makes for a
sweet tale.
Peninsula Clarion
This book has a great feeling about it, of wide open spaces and
possibilities. The illustrations are just fanastic: Cinder's dress
really is very salmonesque and the details of the Alaskan
landscape, of giant trees and heavy fog are like a quick visit up
north. The image of this gal in her silvery dress, firing up the
skiff is a good one! And the illustration on page 15, of the
"phosphorescent wake glowing like the train of a great wedding
gown" glows with colors that break my heart. All illustrations are
watercolors.
365 Cinderellas
The Salmon Princess, Dwyer's fourth book, marries Alaskan natural
and cultural history to the Cinderella myth. It is rich with
details of life in southeast Alaska, the fishing industry, salmon
ecology and native traditions, and depicted in sweet and detailed
watercolors.
Bellingham Weekly
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