Nikki McClure

Simple words and cut paper illustrations follow an apple as it falls from a tree, becomes part of a school girl's lunch, and is buried through the changing seasons until it sprouts anew.

While waiting with family members for high tide to come in, a youngster who is very knowledgeable about the seashore and what lives there helps to build a raft.

As spring slowly turns to summer, a little boy builds a fort and plants a garden in impatient anticipation.

"Raise the sails and follow the wind across the green sea in this captivating marriage of lyrical prose and intricate illustrations from a renowned West Coast artist. Old wood boat remembers the wind. Dilapidated and parted from the sea, she remembers and waits as her mast cracks and blackberry vines creep across her deck. But one day, a family tows her home. Scraped, scrubbed, sanded, and varnished, she is made beautiful and seaworthy again. After...

A new collection of renowned artist Nikki McClure's stunning papercuts, with a contemporary, community-minded message. Gather, Navigate, Welcome, Fortify, Surrender, Save, Listen, Make Mistakes. These are some of the messages renowned artist Nikki McClure affirms in this gorgeous monograph of her papercuts. Organized by season, McClure's work reminds us of the important things such as the change of seasons, slowing down the world for a moment so we...

"A natural history counting book highlighting some favorite creatures who live in and alongside the Salish Sea"--

Illustrations and rhyming text pay homage to a new day, with promises for the future in its "perfect piece of time."

A lullaby that invites the reader to take a starlit journey from a wide desert, down a mountain path, and on to a coastline town.

"This compelling, masterfully written tale follows Dylan Tomine and his family through four seasons as they hunt chanterelles, fish for salmon, dig clams and gather at the kitchen table, mouths watering, to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Closer to the Ground captures the beauty and surprise of the natural world -- and the ways it teaches us how to live -- with humor, gratitude and a nose for adventure as keen as a child's. It is a book filled with...

Une perte tragique. Un voyage désespéré. Une mère à la recherche de la vérité Au mois de décembre 1377, quatre enfants périrent dans l'incendie d'une maison. Les villageois ont alors parcouru des centaines de kilomètres au travers de l'Angleterre afin d'exiger que justice soit rendue pour la mort de leurs fils. Pauvres Pécheurs est l'histoire de ce terrible voyage en plein cœur de l'hiver, racontée par Mire, une ancienne nonne qui a passé...