Description
Gorgeous cut-paper art illuminates this sweet, heartfelt picture book about how special being little can be. For fans ofFinding WildandLittle Fox in the Forest.
A little girl is always missing out on the wonderful things her family gets to see and do, just because she is the youngest and smallest. She misses seeing shooting stars because she goes to bed too early; she can’t pick the first apple of autumn because she’s too short; and, this morning, everyone else got to see a deer . . . except her. She goes into her backyard in search of the deer, a sugar cube tucked in her pocket. She sees a flick of brown in the orchard — is that the deer? No, it’s just the neighbor’s friendly dog (Shhhhh, Nala!). Is that it by the pond? No, that’s just a bird, playing in the water. Just when she’s about to give up, she spots a fawn, beautiful, quiet and small . . . just like her.
The Secret Fawnbeautifully captures the power of nature to inspire children and shows how connecting with animals can help kids who feel left out or overlooked.
One ofCCBC‘s Best Books for Kids and Teens, Fall 2021
“Sweet and pretty for bedtime or naptime — and validating to little ones all the time.” —STARRED REVIEW,Kirkus Reviews
“Cut paper adds definition; salt stippling creates the impression of apple blossoms; the whole becomes a world set apart from the ordinary. The protagonist, too, is out of the ordinary: returning home, she keeps her encounter with the fawn secret, her rich inner life bringing its own rewards.”—The Horn Book Magazine
“In this quietly resplendent picture book, a younger sibling who has missed out on seeing a deer sets off alone in search of one.” —Shelf Awareness
KALLIE GEORGEis an author, editor and creative writing teacher living in Vancouver, BC. Her upcoming picture bookIf I Couldn’t Be Annecontinues her successful work adapting the Anne of Green Gables series for a new generation and followsAnne Arrives,Anne’s Kindred SpiritsandGoodnight, Anne. She has written other acclaimed books for children, includingThe Lost Gift;Secrets I Know;Duck, Duck, DinosaurandThe Melancholic Mermaid, as well as The Magical Animal Adoption Agency series and The Heartwood Hotel series. She has also taught writing workshops for children and adults across Canada, as well as in South Korea, and currently teaches at Emily Carr University.
ELLY MACKAYis an acclaimed paper artist and children’s book author and illustrator. She wrote and illustrated the picture bookRed Sky at Night, as well asWaltz of the Snowflakes,If You Hold a SeedandButterfly Park, among others. Elly’s art was also featured on the covers of Tundra’s reissues of L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon series. Her distinctive pieces are made using paper and ink, and then are set into a miniature theater and photographed, giving them their unique three-dimensional quality. Elly lives in Owen Sound, Ontario, with her two children.
Target Age: 3-7
Tundra Books
Pub Date: February 2, 2021
0.4″ H x 10.2″ L x 8.3″ W
40 Pages
Hardcover
