Lasso the Wind

George Elliott Clarke

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Lasso the Wind

Aurelia's Verses and other Poems

  Author:   George Elliott Clarke  
  Artist :   Susan Tooke    
  Publisher:  Nimbus Publishing

Can you lasso the wind?

Can you whip it a-gale?

Can you make oceans bend

To cradle each lost whale?

Lasso the Wind is the first collection of children’s poetry by renowned poet and playwright George Elliott Clarke. By turns absurd, witty, playful, and profound, Clarke’s poems speak to the vivid wonder, the bright joys, and the secret pains of growing up in this world.

With bold and contemporary illustrations by Susan Tooke, Lasso the Wind is a masterpiece.
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ISBN associated with this title: 9781771080507
Item NB1056
PublisherNimbus Publishing
PublisherNimbus Publishing
Published on November 5 2013
Language eng
Pages 64
Format Hardcover
Dimensions9.25(in) x 8.25(in)
Shipping weight442(g)
Status ACTIVE TITLE
George Elliott Clarke
Dr. George Elliott Clarke, O.C., O.N.S., Ph.D., is a native of Windsor, Nova Scotia, and is the Poet Laureate of Toronto, Ontario, where he teaches Canadian literature at the University of Toronto. His prize-winning books comprise poetry—Whylah Falls (1990), Execution Poems (2000), and Blues and Bliss (2008)—and a novel, George & Rue (2004). His daughter, Aurelia, has shortened "Papa" to "Pup," which is his most cherished title.
Susan Tooke

Susan Tooke is an award-winning artist and children's book illustrator whose work has been exhibited across North America. In 2003, she received the Halifax Mayor's Award for Illustration, and she is a three-time winner of the Lillian Sheppard Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration, for Full Moon Rising, Up Home, and The City Speaks in Drums. She lives in Halifax. Visit Susan Tooke's art blog.

Award Winners & Nominees


Atlantic Book Awards, Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature

Shortlisted Atlantic Book Awards, Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration

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