JEAN E. PENDZIWOL est l’autrice primée de nombreux livres pour enfants, dont Par une belle nuit d’hiver, finaliste pour un Prix du Gouverneur général et pour le prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance. Née et élevée dans le nord-ouest de l’Ontario, elle s’inspire de la culture, de l’histoire et de la géographie de la région pour écrire ses récits.

 

Jean E. Pendziwol is the award-winning author of numerous books for children, including Skating Wild on an Inland Sea, winner of the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, and Once Upon a Northern Night, a finalist for the Governor General's Award and the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award. Born and raised in northwestern Ontario, she draws on the culture, history and geography of the region for inspiration for her stories.

Jean E. Pendziwol's profile page

Isabelle Arsenault is a very talented Quebec illustrator who has won an impressive number of awards and has achieved international recognition. She has illustrated Migrant by Maxine Trottier, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and a finalist for the Governor General’s Award; Virginia Wolf by Kyo Maclear, winner of the Governor General’s Award; Le coeur de monsieur Gauguin by Marie-Danielle Croteau, winner of the Governor General’s Award; and My Letter to the World and Other Poems by Emily Dickinson, a finalist for the Governor General’s Award. She has also illustrated Once Upon a Northern Night by Jean Pendziwol and Jane, the Fox and Me by Fanny Britt, forthcoming from Groundwood. Isabelle has won the Grand Prix for illustration (Magazines du Québec) for six years running. She lives with her family in Montreal.

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• Runner-up, Prix des Mini-Zinzins Cycle 3
• Short-listed, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
• Short-listed, Amelia Frances Howard‐Gibbon Award
• Commended, Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year
• Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Picture Book Award
• Short-listed, The Governor General's Literary Awards-Children's Literature- Text
• Commended, Quill & Quire Books of the Year
• Commended, Toronto Public Library's First and Best

This is a lovely wintry bedtime story, best for sharing one-on-one.

School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW

A reverent ode to the magic and wonder of an icy winter night.

Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW

“A sweet and lovely tale of the magic of waking up to a world transformed by winter.”

Booklist, STARRED REVIEW

[A] mixture of magic, wildlife and deep comfort.

New York Times

A beautiful, lyrical celebration of northern light and night.

Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW