Cybele Young is an award-winning artist who exhibits her exquisite paper sculpture (Japanese paper printed with etched copperplates) internationally. She has illustrated several books for children, including Pa's Harvest by Jan Andrews, which was nominated for the Governor General's Award (Illustration) and Jack Pine by Christopher Patton. She has recently written and illustrated A Few Blocks, a Kirkus Best Children's Book and winner of the Alcuin Award; Ten Birds, winner of the Governor General's Award (Illustration); andA Few Bites, which received starred reviews in Kirkus and Publishers Weekly and was named an OLA Best Bet.She lives with her family in Toronto.
The nature of art, the nature of transformation, and where all
those lost items go are spun into the gold of philosophy and
puckishness. . . . Universally mesmerizing.
*Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW*
Humorous, haunting, and just a touch creepy, it’s a singular vision
of the possibilities hidden in the everyday.
*Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW*
In a perfect world, all children would be exposed to beautiful
bookmaking like this.
*School Library Journal*
A phenomenal exercise in visual storytelling.
*National Post*
Imaginative, arresting, and superbly executed.
*Booklist, STARRED REVIEW*
Page after page Young takes something small and ordinary and
transforms it, expanding the possibilities of the everyday.
*Boston Globe*
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