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When apples grew noses and white horses flew tales of Ti-Jean

Follows the foolish, yet wise, Ti-Jean through three adventures as he outwits a greedy princess, a tiny scoundrel, and a very clever girl, in a collection of stories based on French-Canadian folk literature.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Andrews, Jan
Other Authors:	Petričić, Dušan
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2011.
Subjects:	Ti-Jean (Legendary character) > Juvenile fiction. Children's stories, Canadian Short stories > Juvenile.
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Summary:	Follows the foolish, yet wise, Ti-Jean through three adventures as he outwits a greedy princess, a tiny scoundrel, and a very clever girl, in a collection of stories based on French-Canadian folk literature.
Physical Description:	67 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Audience:	For ages 7-10.
ISBN:	9780888999528 0888999526
Author Notes:	Jan Andrews is a well-known author and storyteller who has been nominated for the Governor General's Award three times. She has written books that have become classics, including Very Last First Time (illustrated by Ian Wallace), The Auction (illustrated by Karen Reczuch) and Out of the Everywhere: Tales for a New World (illustrated by Simon Ng). She is the founding president of the Storytellers of Canada and has performed at festivals and in concert throughout Canada and the U.S., as well as in Australia and England. Dusan Petričić is the award-winning illustrator of more than twenty books for children. Most recently, he has illustrated Snap! by Hazel Hutchins, Invisibill by Maureen Fergus and My Family Tree and Me, which he also wrote. Mr. Zinger's Hat, written by Cary Fagan, was selected for the 2015 TD Grade One Book Giveaway. A former professor of illustration and book design, Petričić's work appeared for years in the New York Times, Scientific American, the Wall Street Journal and the Toronto Star. He continues to work as a political cartoonist for Politika and to illustrate for American, Canadian and Serbian magazines. He lives in Belgrade and Toronto.