Dancing with Daisy

By (author): Jan L. Coates

Illustrated by: Josée Bisaillon

When he finds a photograph of his grandfather as a young man, Liam is full of questions. But that’s just fine, because Grampy has a story to spin with every answer.

On a fall day in 1962, he tells Liam, he had a run in with a nasty girl in search of a dance partner: Daisy was her name. What follows is a tall tale about Grampy’s tango with a hurricane, and all those signs of aging?the wrinkles, the stooped back, the croaky voice, the false teeth?can be chalked up to Daisy’s persistence and Grampy’s refusal to dance. Of course, it takes a talking to from Nana to get that Daisy to blow off elsewhere.Acclaimed author Jan L. Coates and award-winning illustrator Jos?e Bisaillon join forces in this charming picture book to craft a tale both touching and amusing about aging and the bond between a grandfather and his grandson. Bisaillon’s gorgeous, playful illustrations bring the dance to life, evoking that windy girl and her insistent ways, as well as the warm affection between Grampy and Liam.

AUTHOR

Jan L. Coates

Jan L. Coates lives and creates in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. She has written many books for young readers; her first novel, The Hare in the Elephant’s Trunk, was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Awards. Some of Jan’s other books have been short-listed for the Ann Connor Brimer Award, the Hackmatack and Willow Young Readers’ Choice Awards, and the IODE Violet Downey Award. Other than reading and writing, she loves getting out on her bike, hiking, travelling, visiting schools, and spending time with her adult children who have become Ontarians.

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Josée Bisaillon

As a young girl, Josée Bisaillon loved drawing cats and houses. She enjoyed school and always returned home full of stories to tell (and to draw!). She pursued her education all the way to university, where she fell in love with illustration. Since then, scissors and brushes in hand, Josée has been illustrating children’s books, magazines, and newspapers. Josée lives just outside of Montreal with her spouse, their three children, one hairless cat, and many paper characters.

Josée has illustrated more than 35 picture books, and won several awards and distinctions, including the 2017 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award for The Snow Knows. Her work has twice been shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award. Dancing with Daisy was a finalist for the Elizabeth Mzarik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award. In 2018, she published her first book as an author-illustrator. 


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When he finds a photograph of his grandfather as a young man, Liam is full of questions. But that’s just fine, because Grampy has a story to spin with every answer.

On a fall day in 1962, he tells Liam, he had a run in with a nasty girl in search of a dance partner: Daisy was her name. What follows is a tall tale about Grampy’s tango with a hurricane, and all those signs of aging?the wrinkles, the stooped back, the croaky voice, the false teeth?can be chalked up to Daisy’s persistence and Grampy’s refusal to dance. Of course, it takes a talking to from Nana to get that Daisy to blow off elsewhere.Acclaimed author Jan L. Coates and award-winning illustrator Jos?e Bisaillon join forces in this charming picture book to craft a tale both touching and amusing about aging and the bond between a grandfather and his grandson. Bisaillon’s gorgeous, playful illustrations bring the dance to life, evoking that windy girl and her insistent ways, as well as the warm affection between Grampy and Liam.

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Dimensions:

44 Pages
8in * 10in * 0.25in
220gr

Published:

June 25, 2019

City of Publication:

Tors Cove

Country of Publication:

CA

Publisher:

Running the Goat

ISBN:

9781927917206

Book Subjects:

JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Multigenerational

Language:

eng

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