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Joanne Schwartz

Joanne Schwartz was born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Her first picture book, Our Corner Grocery Store, illustrated by Laura Beingessner, was nominated for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. Her other books include City Alphabet and City Numbers, with photos by Matt Beam, and two Inuit folktales with Cape Dorset elder Qaunaq Mikkigak — The Legend of the Fog, illustrated by Danny Christopher, and Grandmother Ptarmigan, illustrated by Qin Leng. Joanne has been a children’s librarian for more than twenty-five years. She lives in Toronto.

Books by Joanne Schwartz

Head Full of Clouds

by (author) Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Afsaneh Sanei

After it Rains

A Counting Book

by (author) Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Angela Doak

The Old Woman

by (author) Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Nahid Kazemi

Wereduck

Cape Breton Coal Miners, 1900-1939

by (author) Joanne Schwartz

Fight On!

Cape Breton Coal Miners, 1900-1939

by (author) Joanne Schwartz

Fight On!

Cape Breton Coal Miners,1900-1925

by (author) Joanne Schwartz

Pinny In Fall

by (author) Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant

Town Is by the Sea

by (author) Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Sydney Smith

The Legend of the Fog

by (author) Qaunaq Mikkigak & Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Danny Christopher

Pinny in Summer

by (author) Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant

Grandmother Ptarmigan

Inuktitut

by (author) Qaunaq Mikkigak & Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Qin Leng

Grandmother Ptarmigan

by (author) Qaunaq Mikkigak & Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Qin Leng

The Legend of the Fog

Inuktitut

by (author) Qaunaq Mikkigak & Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Danny Christopher

City Numbers

by (author) Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Matt Beam

City Alphabet

by (author) Joanne Schwartz
illustrated by Matt Beam

Charms and Charm Bracelets

The Complete Guide

by (author) Joanne Schwartz & Joan Munkacsi
photographs by Robert N. Schwartz