Lauréat de la Médaille d'Or aux Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2014, cet auteur allie avec brio les talents d'écrivain et d'illustrateur. Son œuvre se concentre souvent sur la littérature jeunesse, avec un livre précoce remarquable créé pour répondre à la pénurie de ressources destinées aux personnes nouvellement diagnostiquées cœliaques. Ce premier ouvrage, écrit à l'origine en 2001 et réédité en 2006, souligne l'intention de créer des œuvres à portée pratique et de soutien. L'auteur travaille actuellement au développement d'un nouveau livre dont la sortie est prévue pour le printemps 2017.
Woolfred, a sheep with a sensitive digestive system, struggles with an obsession for dandelions, despite knowing they are harmful to him. His fixation blinds him to the positive aspects of life that surround him. Through his journey, he learns the importance of appreciating what he has rather than fixating on what he cannot have, highlighting themes of mindfulness and gratitude.
Alone on his lot, a sturdy little house has stood for as long as anyone can remember, stoically weathering the storms. But one day, the wind brings change.One house, then another, is built off in the distance. Then a road is paved through his field, and more and more houses appear all around. The house closes his shutters to wait out this alarming development.But in the dark, the house notices he is no longer pushed by the snowdrifts or battered by spring storms. And when he peeks open a shutter, he sees the house next door glowing with a golden light. Just like his. Throwing open his shutters, he finds himself surrounded by a diverse neighborhood of homes. Together, they look forward to seeing what the wind will blow in next.With great wit and an eye-popping use of cardboard, paint and fabric, multimedia artist Claudine Crangle explores our fear of difference through the viewpoint of a small country house beset by urbanization. But not everything that’s new is bad, as the little farmhouse learns in this timely and hopeful picture book about embracing the changes in life we can’t control.