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Highlights
- Helen loves springtime -- except for the gazillions of blackflies and mosquitoes.
- 3-8 Years
- 9.8" x 7.8" Paperback
- 32 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, People & Places
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About the Book
Springtime is wonderful -- except for the gazillion blackflies and mosquitoes. But Helen has a plan . . .
Book Synopsis
Helen loves springtime -- except for the gazillions of blackflies and mosquitoes. But she has a plan . . .
One day Helen wakes up and it's SPRING! The snow has melted and the sun is shining. But Helen knows that the blackflies will be coming out soon. So she does what any smart kid would do: she sends her little sister outdoors to check! When the blackflies and mosquitoes carry her away, Helen tells her dad, who rushes outside and is carried away himself. Now Helen needs to rescue BOTH of them, along with a wolf and a very clever bear . . .
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Praise for Blackflies:
"The illustrations are digitally rendered in a modern cartoon style by Jay Odjick who is an artist and writer from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Algonquin community. Odjick's background in comics and creating an animated series shines through in the artwork which will appeal to young children who enjoy cartoon characters with funny, exaggerated expressions. The illustrations depict a First Nations family, and one interior home scene includes Indigenous artwork." -- CM: Canadian Review of Materials
"I wanted to draw this book to give Indigenous kids a book with characters like them, to open doors for other Indigenous creators - and to show there's a market for projects like this on a BIG scale. We succeeded. Thank YOU! Migwech!" -- Windspeaker.com
"Algonquin artist Jay Odjick has partnered with one of Canada's most famous children's authors to illustrate a new book... "I hope it opens doors for First Nations artists and writers to work with these bigger companies and to show that there's a market for First Nations material," he said. -- APTN National News
Praise for Robert Munsch
"[Munsch is] a kindergarten superstar he ranks up there with Pablum and Pampers in name recognition arguably the most published Canadian author ever, in any genre." -- The Globe and Mail, Report on Business Magazine
"Munsch's parade of bright funny picture books has been a sales phenomenon in children's book publishing . . . And as Munsch books are requested by kids over and over every day in countless homes and schools, at story time and bedtime, the distinctive storyteller's voice will undoubtedly continue to be echoed for years to come by parents, teachers, babysitters and whomever else young kids can get to read to them." -- The Chronicle Herald
"Arguably the most successful kid-lit writer in North America." -- Toronto Star
"More witty, creative and entertaining than most of what passes for adult literature." -- The Globe and Mail
"Munsch is now as important to a whole generation of children as any television character. "-- Quill & Quire
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