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Mabel Murple (pb)

Mabel Murple (pb)( )
Author: Fitch, Sheree
Illustrator: Smith, Sydney
ISBN:978-1-55109-859-3
Publication Date:Sep 2011
Publisher:Nimbus Publishing, Limited
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $13.95
Book Description:

What if there was a purple planet with purple people on it? Sheree Fitch answers this question with a zany tongue-twister of a poem featuring Mabel Murple, a daredevil who rides a purple motorbike through purple puddles, skis on purple snow, and on her pancakes pours maple syrup.

With a rich and vivid purple palette, Sydney Smith's brand-new illustrations reflect the wild joy in this classic poem. Originally published in 1995, Mabel Murple won the Ann Connor Brimer...
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Book Details
Pages:24
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8 x 10 x 0.13 Inches
Book Weight:0.308 Pounds
Author Biography
Fitch, Sheree (Author)
Sheree Fitch was born in Ottawa, Ontario. She is a poet, lecturer and storyteller.

Her first book Toes in My Nose was published in 1987. In1995 she was the featured children's writer at the International Writer's Festival in Vancouver, BC.

Fitch has received numerous literary awards and prizes including: N.B. Writer's Federation President's Award for first prize for an unpublished collection of adult poetry 1988 (later to become basis for In this House Are Many Women); Atlantic Bookseller's Choice Award for Sleeping Dragons All Around, 1990; Mr. Christie's Children's Book Award for There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen, 1993; Canadian Authors Association Mariana Dempster Award for contribution to Children's Literature, 1995; Anne Connor Brimer Award for Mabel Murple, 1996; Nova Scotia Arts Council Grant, 1997; Silver Birch Award (Ontario's children's choice) and the Hackamatack Award (Atlantic children's choice) awards for If You Could Wear My Sneakers, 2000; Queen's Medal; Vicky Metcalf Award for body of work in children's literature 2000; Winner of the Saskatchewan Snow Willow Award and CBC Young Canada Reads for The Gravesavers.

She is Honorary Spokesperson for the New Brunswick Coalition for Literacy and for the IWK Read to Me program in Nova Scotia.

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