Mordecai Richler was the author of ten successful novels, numerous
screenplays, and several books of nonfiction, his novel Barney's
Version was an acclaimed bestseller and the winner of The Giller
Prize, the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour, the QSpell Award, and
the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Novel in Canada and the
Caribbean. Richler also received two Governor General's Literary
Awards and was short-listed twice for the Booker Prize. Mordecai
Richler died in Montreal, in 2001.
Cary Fagan has received the Toronto Book Award, the Jewish Book
Committee Prize for Fiction, and the Mr. Christie Silver Medal. His
recent picture books include Ten Old Men and a Mouse, My New Shirt,
and Thing-Thing. His children's novels include The Fortress of
Kaspar Snit (Silver Birch Honor Book), Directed by Kaspar Snit
(Silver Birch nominee), and Ten Lessons for Kaspar Snit. Cary Fagan
lives in Toronto.
Dusan Petricic is the award-winning illustrator of more than twenty
books for children including My New Shirt by Cary Fagan. A former
professor of illustration and book design, his work appears in The
New York Times, Scientific American, The Wall Street Journal, and
The Toronto Star. He lives in Toronto.
“… Fagan crafts a zany tale that kids (in the spirit of Jacob’s
doublespeak) will want to read at least twice. Petricic, whose line
art complements the story’s humor…”
— Publishers Weekly
“A delightful, imaginative tale of the incorrigible Jacob Two-Two….
Cary Fagan has woven a wonderfully silly, child-like adventure of
ridiculous characters…. This story is a great yarn and hooks the
childlike imagination in every reader regardless of age. An
excellent use of a character…. Cary Fagan’s adventure story will be
a hit with children and adults alike, an excellent chapter book for
late primary and junior grades….”
— Excellent, Resource Links
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