The Good Little Book

Illustrated by Marion Arbona
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Hardcover
$16.99 US
On sale Aug 11, 2015 | 40 Pages | 978-1-77049-451-0
While banished to a dusty study one day "to think things over", a boy pulls a book off a shelf and with great reluctance begins to read. As the afternoon passes, the story nabs him and carries him away. Before long, this good little book becomes his loyal companion, accompanying him everywhere ... until, one day, the book is lost. Will this bad little boy get back his good little book? Will the good little book survive on its own without a proper jacket? A quirky, enchanting tale of literary love and loss -- and love found again -- that will win the heart of even the most reluctant reader.
  • HONOR | 2017
    Blue Spruce Award
  • NOMINEE | 2016
    Rainforest of Reading Award
  • HONOR | 2016
    OLA Best Bets for Children's Fiction
  • SHORTLIST | 2016
    Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award
  • FINALIST | 2015
    Governor General's Literary Awards - Children's Literature - Illustration
KYO MACLEAR is an award-winning novelist, essayist, and children's author. Her books have been translated into eighteen languages and published in over twenty-five countries. She is the author of the hybrid memoir Birds Art Life (2017), winner of the Trillium Book Award. Kyo holds a doctorate in environmental humanities and is on faculty at the University of Guelph Creative Writing MFA.
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While banished to a dusty study one day "to think things over", a boy pulls a book off a shelf and with great reluctance begins to read. As the afternoon passes, the story nabs him and carries him away. Before long, this good little book becomes his loyal companion, accompanying him everywhere ... until, one day, the book is lost. Will this bad little boy get back his good little book? Will the good little book survive on its own without a proper jacket? A quirky, enchanting tale of literary love and loss -- and love found again -- that will win the heart of even the most reluctant reader.

Awards

  • HONOR | 2017
    Blue Spruce Award
  • NOMINEE | 2016
    Rainforest of Reading Award
  • HONOR | 2016
    OLA Best Bets for Children's Fiction
  • SHORTLIST | 2016
    Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award
  • FINALIST | 2015
    Governor General's Literary Awards - Children's Literature - Illustration

Author

KYO MACLEAR is an award-winning novelist, essayist, and children's author. Her books have been translated into eighteen languages and published in over twenty-five countries. She is the author of the hybrid memoir Birds Art Life (2017), winner of the Trillium Book Award. Kyo holds a doctorate in environmental humanities and is on faculty at the University of Guelph Creative Writing MFA.
View titles by Kyo Maclear

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