Manon Gauthier
Manon Gauthier is a graphic artist who made the leap to picture book illustration in 2006. After her first book was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Children’s Literature, she dedicated herself entirely to illustration, and to giving presentations and art workshops in schools across Quebec. A flexible artist, Manon works in many media, including gouache, pencils, and paper collage. She lives in Montreal.

A World of Kindness
by Suzanne Del Rizzo
illustrated by Brian Deines; Kim La Fave; Tara Anderson; Manon Gauthier; Rebecca Bender; François Thisdale; Wallace Edwards & Dean Griffiths

A World of Kindness
illustrated by Suzanne Del Rizzo; Brian Deines; Kim La Fave; Tara Anderson; Manon Gauthier; Rebecca Bender; François Thisdale; Wallace Edwards & Dean Griffiths
Are you kind?

Poetry lives in books, yes, but also in the stars, on the moon, in tree-branch tangles.
Anything the world can be in nighttime hush or daytime glee is poetry.


This is the story of Elliot, a playful little boy who was full of life. His mother and father loved him very much. BUT… When Elliot cried, his mother and his father did not understand why.

