It Began With A Page by Kyo Maclear Illustrated by Julie Morstad
It Began With A Page by Kyo Maclear Illustrated by Julie Morstad
It Began With A Page by Kyo Maclear Illustrated by Julie Morstad
It Began With A Page by Kyo Maclear Illustrated by Julie Morstad

It Began With A Page by Kyo Maclear Illustrated by Julie Morstad

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Ages: 5–9 years

"It Began With A Page" by Kyo Maclear Illustrated by Julie Morstad

This is the story of Gyo Fujikawa. Her family immigrated to California from Japan looking for a better life, but Gyo often felt invisible. When she began to illustrate children’s books she made diversity her mandate. When “Babies” came out in 1963 children of all backgrounds and skin colours were represented for the first time, setting the patch for a more inclusive world. Maclear and Morstad have so throughly honoured Fujikawa in this picture book that I am certain it will fill your heart the way it has mine.

Kyo Maclear is an essayist, novelist, and children’s author. She has written over 25 books for little and big people, many of which have been translated internationally. She holds a doctorate in environmental humanities and teaches writing in Tkaronto/Toronto, where she lives with a lively family of cats and musicians.

Julie Morstad is the author and illustrator of Today, How To and Time Is a Flower, which was a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book, winner of the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize, and a finalist for a Governor General’s Literary Award, among other honors. She has illustrated many other beloved stories for children, including Kate DiCamillo’s The Puppets of Spelhorst. In 2018, she illustrated a stamp for Canada Post. Julie lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Kyo Maclear

Kyo Maclear is an essayist, novelist, and children’s author. She has written over 25 books for little and big people, many of which have been translated internationally. She holds a doctorate in environmental humanities and teaches writing in Tkaronto/Toronto, where she lives with a lively family of cats and musicians.

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