A Plan for Pops
O ovoj e-knjizi
- Now available in paperback for the first time.
- A Plan for Pops follows a young child who tries to cheer up their grandparent after an accident.
- This book features same-sex grandparents, a loving intergenerational family and a unique STEM component with the creation of a Rube Goldberg machine.
- Like the author's bestselling picture book Angus All Aglow, the text conveys a powerful message of love, togetherness and gentle healing.
- A Plan for Pops was shortlisted for the Blue Spruce Award and was an OLA Best Bets and ALA Rainbow Top Ten selection.
- Heather Smith's picture book The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden received four starred reviews and won the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award and the Freeman Book Award for Children's Literature on East and Southeast Asia.
- A Plan for Pops is also available in French as Une idée pour Papi (9781459822054).
O autoru
Heather Smith is the author of several picture books, including the award-winning The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden. Her middle-grade novel Ebb and Flow was shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award, and her YA novel The Agony of Bun O'Keefe won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award, the OLA Forest of Reading White Pine Award and was shortlisted for the Amy Mathers Teen Book Award and the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People. Originally from Newfoundland, Heather now lives in Waterloo, Ontario, with her family.
Brooke Kerrigan has loved drawing ever since she was a little girl, so it seemed only natural that she would grow up to be an artist. Of all her creative endeavors, illustrating children's books is her favorite. Brooke has illustrated over 10 picture books, including design-award-winning Fishermen Through & Through and the Blue Spruce honor book The Little Boy Who Lived Down the Drain. Born in Toronto, she currently lives with her husband in the French Alps.
