Book cover of Alligator Pie Classic Edition
Alligator Pie Classic Edition by Dennis Lee and Frank Newfeld
Alligator Pie Classic Edition by Dennis Lee and Frank Newfeld
Alligator Pie Classic Edition by Dennis Lee and Frank Newfeld

Alligator Pie Classic Edition by Dennis Lee and Frank Newfeld

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Canadian Author and Illustrator

Ages: 2–7 years

"You can almost hear the skipping rope slapping the sidewalk,” wrote Margaret Laurence of Dennis Lee’s timeless poetry collection Alligator Pie. One of the first illustrated books published about Canadian children and featuring Canadian place names, Alligator Pie established Dennis Lee’s reputation as “Canada’s Father Goose” and has sold more than half a million copies since its publication in 1974. This classic edition, featuring Frank Newfeld’s instantly recognizable original illustrations and book design, includes childhood favourites such as “Willoughby Wallaby Woo,” “Wiggle to the Laundromat” and “Skyscraper.”

Dennis Lee is Toronto’s first Poet Laureate, an Officer of the Order of Canada and the author of timeless children’s collections such as Alligator Pie, Garbage Delight, Jelly Belly, Bubblegum Delicious and The Ice Cream Store. He has received many honours for his body of work, including the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children’s Literature. He is also an acclaimed writer of poetry for adults. His work is anthologized and read around the world.

Frank Newfeld is a book designer, illustrator, art director and educator. Newfeld is arguably the greatest book designer of the 20th century in Canada. He has designed over 650 books and won more than 170 international awards. He is a former Vice-President of Publishing at McClelland & Stewart, Head of the Illustration Program at Sheridan College and Co-founder/President of the Society of Typographic Designers of Canada (now Design Professionals of Canada).

He is a Fellow of Design Professionals of Canada and a Member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. In 2015, Newfeld was appointed to the Order of Canada.

Newfeld has created three children’s books, two of them published by Oxford University Press and one by Groundwood Books (Douglas & McIntyre). In 2008 his book Drawing on Type was published by Porcupine's Quill. He is also known for illustrating the children's book Alligator Pie.

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