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Follow Pinny on a long, lazy summer day as she searches for a wishing rock, watches clouds, picks wild blueberries, feeds a seagull, and bakes a cake to share with her friends.
About the author
JOANNE SCHWARTZ was born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. She is the author of
Town Is by the Sea, illustrated by Sydney Smith, winner of the TD Canadian Children¿s Literature Award and the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, among many other honors. Her first picture book,
Our Corner Grocery Store, illustrated by Laura Beingessner, was nominated for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. She has written several other highly acclaimed picture books, including
Pinny in Summer and
Pinny in Fall, both illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant. Joanne has been a children¿s librarian for more than twenty-five years. She lives in Toronto.
Summary
This engaging story, told in chapter-like episodes, follows Pinny on a long, lazy summer day. As sunshine turns to rain and back to sun again, Pinny searches for a wishing rock, watches clouds, picks wild blueberries, feeds a seagull, and bakes a cake to share with her friends.
An ideal book for children beginning to make the jump to independent reading, Pinny in Summer demonstrates the joy young people find in nature and an unstructured life. Pinny is allowed to explore her world freely, and her small setbacks and triumphs will be familiar to every child.
With charming illustrations by Isabelle Malenfant and a spare, poetic text from author Joanne Schwartz, Pinny in Summer is a bright and inviting picture book that captures all the delight of a perfect summer day.
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"The tone of the book is sweet and reassuring, and the art perfectly catches the joy of pleasant, unstructured time." Kirkus Reviews
"Malenfant's cartoon illustrations have a pleasing mixture of lightness and detail that greatly benefit the text." School Library Journal
"From this lovely opening through four simple chapters, “Pinny in Summer” sets an idyllic mood . . . Malenfant’s adorable, windswept watercolors add even more charm to each page." — The New York Times
"Schwartz once again shows us how to wonder and delight in the extraordinariness of the ordinary, and Malenfant's pictures with their violet hues are just as lovely." 49th Shelf
