Since 1967, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards has been celebrating excellence in chidren’s and young adult literature. Last week, they announced the 2020 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners and we would like to congratulate Kyo Maclear and Julie Morstad. Their beautiful book, It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way has been named an non-fiction honor book.
It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
By Kyo Maclear
Illustrated by Julie Morstad
48 Pages | Ages 5-9 | Hardcover
ISBN 9781101918593 | Tundra Books
“Author Maclear lucidly outlines a remarkable life of art and creativity, of struggle and perseverance…The telling makes smooth transitions between stages in Fujikawa’s life, culminating in the publication of Babies in 1963…Morstad’s illustrations — in liquid watercolor, gouache, and pencil crayons — effectively vary in style and coloring to match events…During scene of Babies‘s creation, the art capably mimics Fujikawa’s own, with a diverse cast of frolicsome tots dotting an open layout.” — The Horn Book