If I Were the Moon

Sheree Fitch

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ISBN: 9781771087391

If I Were the Moon

Twentieth - anniversary edition

  Author:   Sheree Fitch  
  Artist :   Leslie Watts    
  Publisher:  Nimbus Publishing

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.

Details and Specs
ISBN associated with this title: 9781771087391
Item NB1392
PublisherNimbus Publishing
PublisherNimbus Publishing
Published on April 2 2019
Language eng
Pages 32
Format Hardcover
Dimensions10.75(in) x 8.5(in)
Shipping weight395(g)
Status ACTIVE TITLE
Sheree Fitch’s first two books, Toes in My Nose (1987) and Sleeping Dragons All Around (1989), launched her career as a poet, rhymster, and a “kind of Canadian female Dr. Seuss.” Fitch has won almost every major award for Canadian children’s literature since then, including the 2000 Vicky Metcalf Award for a Body of Work Inspirational to Canadian Children. She has over twenty-five books to her credit, including her bestselling and critically praised adult novel, Kiss the Joy As It Flies (2008). Fitch's home base is the East Coast of Canada. 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.

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