Winner:
• Unicef Ezra Jack Keats International Award, 1987 (for a body of work)
• Canada Council Prize fir Children's Literature,
1986
• Ruth Schwartz Award for Children's Literature,
1986
• Toronto Municipal Chapter IODE Children's Book
Award, 1986
• IBBY, Elizabeth Mrazik Cleaver Award, 1987
• White Raven's Selection, International Youth Library
• International Reading Association, Big Book Award,
1992
Shortlisted
• CLA Amelia Francis
Howard Gibbon Award
West Vancouver Guide
"This is a delightful book, one to pore over time
and time again."
Globe
& Mail
"Unwilling to settle for merely decorative
effects, she plays with the Plasticine and the
page layout to depth of field, drama and some
lovely comic passages."
Christian Science
Monitor
"Oppenheim's catchy sing-song text is so
much fun it could stand on its own as a poem to
memorize or a song to sing, but what a treat to
have illustrations that are equally intriguing.
Each picture is richly crafted, not with pen or
brush, but with the unique and colourful Plasticine-relief
technique of Barbara Reid. From the tiny feathers
to vast horizons, she captures detail, personality
and humour."
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