Sara O'Leary
Sara O'Leary est auteure de livres pour adultes et pour enfants. Parmi ses oeuvres les plus connues, la série à succès Henry et les albums This is Sadie, illustré par Julie Morstad et You Are One, illustré par Karen Klassen. Diplômée du programme de création littéraire de l'Université de la Colombie-Britannique, elle a enseigné la scénarisation et l'écriture pour enfants à l'Université Concordia.
Sara O'Leary is a writer of fiction for both adults and children. She is the author of the award-winning series of Henry books and This Is Sadie, illustrated by Julie Morstad, and You Are One, illustrated by Karen Klassen. A graduate of the UBC Creative Writing Program, she has taught screenwriting and writing for children at Concordia University in Montreal.



Owls Are Good At Keeping Secrets






From When You Were Small, by Sara O'Leary and Julie Morstad:
Every night at bedtime Henry and his father have a chat.
It always begins the same way/
"Dad," says Henry. "Tell me about when I was small."
When you were small you used to have a pet ant and you would take him out for walks on a leash.
When you were small we used you as a chess piece, because our chess board was missing one of the knights and you were the perfect size...


From <i>Where You Came From</i> by Sara O'Leary, with illustrations by Julie Morstad:<br> <br> Henry is a boy who likes to ask questions.<br> Every day it’s something new.<br> <br> Do one and one always make two? he asks.<br> And never something more?<br> <br> But there is one particular question<br> he asks again and again.<br> <br> Where did I come from? asks Henry.<br> <br> Well, says his father.<br> <br> It was so long ago now<br> that it is difficult to remember<br> <br> I think that was the day<br> that the stork called in sick,<br> and a flock of crows<br> took over his deliveries.<br> <br> No, says his mother.<br> Don’t you remember?<br> <br> The fairies brought you.<br> It must have taken dozens<br> of them to lift you,<br> because they were so small<br> and you were so big.<br> <br> No, says his father.<br> Don’t you remember?<br> <br> We found you in a basket,<br> floating down the river.<br> We’d been out for a picnic<br> and it was the perfect end<br> to a perfect blue-sky day.<br> ...

