Time Is a Flower

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On sale Sep 21, 2021 | 56 Pages | 9780735267541

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A playful and poignant exploration of the nature of time through the eyes of a child from acclaimed author/illustrator Julie Morstad.

What is time? Is it the tick tick tock of a clock, numbers and words on a calendar? It's that, but so much more. Time is a seed waiting to grow, a flower blooming, a sunbeam moving across a room. Time is slow like a spider spinning her web or fast like a wave at the beach. Time is a wiggly tooth, or waiting for the school bell to ring, or reading a story . . . or three! But time is also morning for some and night for others, a fading sunset and a memory captured in a photo taken long ago.

In this magical meditation on the nature of time, Julie Morstad shines a joyful light on a difficult-to-grasp concept for young readers and reminds older readers to see the wonders of our world, including children themselves, through the lens of time.
  • WINNER | 2022
    Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize
  • WINNER | 2022
    Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
  • WINNER | 2022
    Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable - Sheila Barry Best Canadian Picturebook of the Year Award
  • SHORTLIST
    Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society Book Award
  • NOMINEE
    Governor General's Literary Awards - Children's Literature - Illustration
  • SELECTION | 2022
    Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
  • SELECTION | 2022
    Chen BoChui International Children's Literature Award - Best Picture Books of the Year
  • SELECTION | 2022
    USBBY-CBC Outstanding International Trade Book
  • FINALIST | 2022
    Governor General's Literary Awards - Children's Literature - Illustration
  • HONOR | 2022
    Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award
JULIE MORSTAD is the author and illustrator of Today, How To and Time Is a Flower, which was a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book, winner of the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize, and a finalist for a Governor General’s Literary Award, among other honors. She has illustrated many other beloved stories for children, including Kate DiCamillo’s The Puppets of Spelhorst. In 2018, she illustrated a stamp for Canada Post. Julie lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. View titles by Julie Morstad

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A playful and poignant exploration of the nature of time through the eyes of a child from acclaimed author/illustrator Julie Morstad.

What is time? Is it the tick tick tock of a clock, numbers and words on a calendar? It's that, but so much more. Time is a seed waiting to grow, a flower blooming, a sunbeam moving across a room. Time is slow like a spider spinning her web or fast like a wave at the beach. Time is a wiggly tooth, or waiting for the school bell to ring, or reading a story . . . or three! But time is also morning for some and night for others, a fading sunset and a memory captured in a photo taken long ago.

In this magical meditation on the nature of time, Julie Morstad shines a joyful light on a difficult-to-grasp concept for young readers and reminds older readers to see the wonders of our world, including children themselves, through the lens of time.

Awards

  • WINNER | 2022
    Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize
  • WINNER | 2022
    Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
  • WINNER | 2022
    Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable - Sheila Barry Best Canadian Picturebook of the Year Award
  • SHORTLIST
    Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society Book Award
  • NOMINEE
    Governor General's Literary Awards - Children's Literature - Illustration
  • SELECTION | 2022
    Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
  • SELECTION | 2022
    Chen BoChui International Children's Literature Award - Best Picture Books of the Year
  • SELECTION | 2022
    USBBY-CBC Outstanding International Trade Book
  • FINALIST | 2022
    Governor General's Literary Awards - Children's Literature - Illustration
  • HONOR | 2022
    Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award

Author

JULIE MORSTAD is the author and illustrator of Today, How To and Time Is a Flower, which was a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book, winner of the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize, and a finalist for a Governor General’s Literary Award, among other honors. She has illustrated many other beloved stories for children, including Kate DiCamillo’s The Puppets of Spelhorst. In 2018, she illustrated a stamp for Canada Post. Julie lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. View titles by Julie Morstad