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A door is to open

"Embrace your curiosity in this meditative, moving and visually stunning picture book that celebrates doorways, thresholds and portals, and the endless possibilities they contain. With evocative, thought-provoking prose and gorgeous mixed media artwork, A Door is to Open is a collaboration from awar...

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Main Author: Maclear, Kyo, 1970- (Author)
Other Authors: Morstad, Julie (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Tundra, 2026.
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Doors > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
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Summary:"Embrace your curiosity in this meditative, moving and visually stunning picture book that celebrates doorways, thresholds and portals, and the endless possibilities they contain. With evocative, thought-provoking prose and gorgeous mixed media artwork, A Door is to Open is a collaboration from award-winning author and illustrator duo Kyo Maclear and Julie Morstad that will spark imaginations and encourage fresh perspectives with readers of all ages. A deceptively simple invitation to venture out into the world, this picture book offering will resonate with anyone entering a new phase of life or needs a little burst of inspiration to try something new."--
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; cm
Issued also in electronic format.
ISBN:9781774887448
1774887444
Author Notes:KYO MACLEAR is the author of many books for children and adults. Her writing has been translated into eighteen languages and published in over twenty-five countries, and has garnered numerous accolades, including a Governor General's Literary Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work for young people. Her picture books include Noodles on a Bicycle , which was named a Caldecott and Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book, and, alongside illustrator Julie Morstad, It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way , a Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor Book; Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli ; and Julia, Child , a Governor General's Literary Award finalist. Kyo lives in Toronto, Ontario.

JULIE MORSTAD is the author and illustrator of a number of acclaimed picture books, including A Face Is a Poem , winner of the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize, and Time Is a Flower , which was a New York Times /New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book, winner of the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize, and a finalist for a Governor General's Literary Award, among other honors. She has also illustrated many other stories for children, such as Kate DiCamillo's The Puppets of Spelhorst . Julie lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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