If I Were the Moon
Twentieth - anniversary edition
Sheree Fitch Leslie Watts
9781771087391
32 pages
Nimbus Publishing
Overview
If I were the moon
I'd shine down my light
Right into your bedroom
To warm up the night.
A timeless bedtime book that "beautifully captures that perfect moment when a child is tucked up in bed, spellbound by the voice of an older sibling or an adult sharing a special book" (Books in Canada).
With lyrical text, lit up by soft and gentle illustrations, If I Were the Moon makes its triumphant return to print in a beautiful hardcover just in time for its twentieth anniversary.
Author Bio
Sheree Fitch is an award-winning poet, storyteller, and educator. Her picture books, novels, and plays have delighted both children and adults since 1987. Sheree lives with her husband, Gilles, in River John, Nova Scotia, on their hobby farm, Happy Doodle Do, with a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a few other critters. They run a seasonal bookstore, Mabel Murple's Book Shoppe and Dreamery, which highlights storytelling, literacy, Atlantic Canadian books and writers. Visit her at shereefitch.com.Leslie Watts has always loved painting people. After working for twenty years as a children's book illustrator, she turned to fine art in 2007 and now makes portraits of grown-ups for houses and museums. She lives in Stratford, Ontario. She also collaborated with Sheree Fitch on There's a Mouse in My House, which will return to print in Spring 2020.
