One Hundred Shining Candles
$32.26
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2011
Summary
This well-loved storybook has been reissued with enhanced reproduction and many newly created illustrations just in time for a warm Christmas read under a cozy quilt by the light of a flickering fire.Ten-year-old Lucy is a pioneer girl in the Upper Canada of 1800. Her imagination fired by the schoolmaster’s stories of Christmas memories, Lucy sets about making a special Yuletide gift - something her frail mother will be able to remember and cherish forever. But even with the unwelcome help o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780887768897 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 088776889X |
| Author: | Janet Lunn, Lindsay Grater |
| Publisher: | Tundra Books |
| Imprint: | Tundra Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 274g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 200mm x 9mm |
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Critics Review
”… a heartwarming Christmas story… . [T]he gentle full-color illustrations … are as attractive as the … text.” -Kirkus Reviews
“… a heartwarming Christmas story… . [T]he gentle full-color illustrations … are as attractive as the … text.”
— Kirkus Reviews
About The Author
Janet Lunn
Tundra’s JANET LUNN is the author of several award-winning books, including The Root Cellar, Come to the Fair, and, with Christopher Moore, The Story of Canada. Her honors include the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award, and the Vicky Metcalfe Award for a Body of Work. She has been awarded the Order of Ontario, and is a member of the Order of Canada. She was born in Dallas, Texas, grew up in rural Vermont, and lived in Canada for over fifty years. She passed away in 2017.Tundra’s LINDSAY GRATER is an illustrator and artist who has worked on a wide variety of projects. These include illustrations for many picture books, four of which she wrote, and artwork for magazines and packaging. She also enjoys making her own prints and paintings and lives in a converted rural schoolhouse near Mount Forest, Ontario.
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