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Om bidragsyterne
CARY FAGAN writes books for children and adults. He has won the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children’s Literature, the Jewish Book Award, the IODE Jean Throop Book Award and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, among others. His picture books include A Cage Went in Search of a Bird, illustrated by Banafsheh Erfanian, and Son of Happy, illustrated by Milan Pavlović, which was named one of the Best Canadian Picture Books of 2020 by CBC Books. Cary lives with his family in Toronto. Selcuk Demirel was born in Artvin, Turkey, in 1954. He moved to Paris in 1978 and still lives there. Visit Selcuk Demirel's website: http://www.selcuk-demirel.com/...a low-key charmer.
Kirkus Reviews
This bittersweet novel has just the right touch of wit and creativity to catch and keep the attention of young discerning readers. Thoroughly entwined into the novel is an unusual twist on the economics concept of wants versus needs that will encourage readers to think about what brings true happiness.
Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children
...[a] heartfelt novel...
- Sean Dixon, Quill & Quire
...this sweet, quirky little book hits all the right notes. Highly recommended.
- Kim Aippersbach, CM Magazine
This has the spirit and cheer of comic melodrama, its fun coming as much from Fagan's breezy asides as from the plot.
- Deirdre Baker, Toronto Star
This is a touching and fresh story whose lightness and brevity will engage and empower young readers.
- Aileen Wortley, Canadian Children's Book News
There is much that parents and their kids can share in the novel, a quality not easily found in books aimed at adolescents.
- Norman Rawin, The Canadian Jewish News
...warm and cheerful and would be welcomed by anyone with a musical bent...
Sal's Fiction Addiction
... Fagan presents a sweet, quiet, and neatly packaged tale that emphasizes the importance of hard work and following your dreams in the face of adversity.
- Rita Meade, School Library Journal