Mom, tell me about when you were small too....
Very nice news to wake to on this Mother's Day morning. When I Was Small has won the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize (sponsored by Ampersand Inc.) at the BC Books Gala.
I must say I like the way this prize recognizes a picture book as something beyond text and illustration by not singling out the creators individually - to me a picture book is ideally a synthesis of individual talents.
I never particularly set out to write picture books but it truly has been one of the great joys of my life. I liked what Maurice Sendak had to say about it being a transcendent experience ... it's a bit like motherhood that way.
I must say I like the way this prize recognizes a picture book as something beyond text and illustration by not singling out the creators individually - to me a picture book is ideally a synthesis of individual talents.
I never particularly set out to write picture books but it truly has been one of the great joys of my life. I liked what Maurice Sendak had to say about it being a transcendent experience ... it's a bit like motherhood that way.
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