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Wallace Edwards

WALLACE EDWARDS, diplômé de l’École d’art et de design de l’Ontario, était un auteur-illustrateur primé. Ses peintures et ses illustrations se retrouvent dans des collections privées et publiques, des livres, des magazines et des expositions au Canada et aux États-Unis. Il est le créateur de Sur ma route…, Qu’est-ce que la paix?, Tombé du ciel et Alphabeasts. Ce dernier a remporté le Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général en 2002. Depuis, il continue à recevoir des nominations et des récompenses prestigieuses soulignant son approche géniale des albums illustrés. Il est malheureusement décédé en 2022.

 

WALLACE EDWARDS was a beloved children’s book writer and illustrator, known for his richly imaginative paintings, and the sense of wonder and humour in his work. His picture books were nominated for three Governor General’s Literary Awards; he won the award for Alphabeasts. Other honours include the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award, two Independent Publisher Book Awards, a CLA Honour Book and two OLA Best Bets, among many others; and his work is on the International Youth Library White Ravens list. Edwards completed work on his final picture book, Pigs Can’t Fly, before his sad passing in December 2022.

 

 

Books by Wallace Edwards

Pigs Can’t Fly

illustrated by Wallace Edwards

J’ai vu un cochon voler

illustrated by Wallace Edwards

Do You Wonder?

illustrated by Wallace Edwards

Can You Imagine?

illustrated by Wallace Edwards

Sur ma route…

illustrated by Wallace Edwards

A World of Kindness

edited by Ann Featherstone
illustrated by Suzanne Del Rizzo, Brian Deines, Kim La Fave, Tara Anderson, Manon Gauthier, Rebecca Bender, François Thisdale, Wallace Edwards & Dean Griffiths

Out of the Blue

illustrated by Wallace Edwards

Woodrow at Sea

illustrated by Wallace Edwards

Uncle Wally's Old Brown Shoe

by (artist) Wallace Edwards

Qu'est-ce que la paix?

illustrated by Wallace Edwards

Uncle Wally's Old Brown Shoe Read-Along

by (artist) Wallace Edwards
read by David Skulski

Unnatural Selections Read-Along

by (artist) Wallace Edwards
read by Matthew Posner

What Is Peace?

illustrated by Wallace Edwards

Once Upon a Line

illustrated by Wallace Edwards

Unnatural Selections

by (artist) Wallace Edwards

Mixed Beasts

illustrated by Wallace Edwards
by (author) Kenyon Cox

You Are the Earth

Know Your World So You Can Help Make It Better

by (author) David Suzuki & Kathy Vanderlinden
illustrated by Wallace Edwards

Cat's Pajamas, The

illustrated by Wallace Edwards

Extinct Files, The

My Science Project

by (author) Wallace Edwards

Alphabeasts

illustrated by Wallace Edwards

Monkey Business

illustrated by Wallace Edwards

Painted Circus, The

P.T. Vermin Presents a Mesmerizing Menagerie of Trickery and Illusion Guaranteed to Beguile and Bamboozle the Beholder

illustrated by Wallace Edwards

The Extinct Files

My Science Project

by (author) Wallace Edwards