• Age: 3 to 7
• Grade: p to 2

When Ivy picks up her favorite treat she is in for a big surprise. A golden fry comes to life and insists on telling Ivy how she came to be. Ivy listens with amazement as Freda shares her magical journey from being a seed potato in her Grampy's warehouse to a beautiful talking fry on her dinner plate.

A fun tribute to fries and one of Prince Edward Island's major food exports, this endearing story will appeal to fry lovers, young readers, educators, parents, and beyond. The twist at the end is simply delicious and handled with a light touch that will earn more laughs than tears.

Patsy Dingwell lives with her husband Rodney on their family farm in Marie, PEI. When she is not reading, writing or travelling, she likes to help with the potato harvest. It was during this time when Freda the Fry came to be. Realizing that many are now disconnected from farming practices, she could not resist creating the story of how potatoes become fries!

As a mom, grandmother and retired education assistant, she would love to get the story of PEI potatoes into the hands of children who do not have a chance for first-hand farming experiences. This is her second book.

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Marla Lesage est une infirmière qui aime raconter des histoires, vraies ou imaginées, en dessinant, en peignant, en illustrant et en décrivant des scènes de la vie urbaine. Ses oeuvres figurent dans des collections privées au Canada, aux États-Unis et en Australie, et son premier livre illustré, Pirate Year Round, est paru en 2019. Elle a eu l’idée d’écrire À chacun son masque en visitant une ferme pédagogique. Ses enfants, masqués, ont alors découvert que les masques ont un superpouvoir : bloquer les odeurs nauséabondes ! Marla habite près de Fredericton, au Nouveau-Brunswick.

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