![]() ![]() Malenfant showcases Morris’s full emotional spectrum.” - Publishers Weekly “Baldacchino doesn’t sugar-coat the teasing and isolation Morris endures. “ather than presenting an overt message about gender identity, the book provides a subtle and refreshing glimpse at a boy who simply likes to dress up.” - School Library Journal Since then, Isabelle has illustrated more than twenty children’s books, including the highly acclaimed Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from Université du Québec à Montréal, then fell in love with illustration. ISABELLE MALENFANT was born in the north of Quebec, between gold mines and lakes, in the city of Val d'Or. Christine currently lives with her husband and cat in Toronto, Ontario. She is the author of two picture books, including Violet Shrink, illustrated by Carmen Mok, a love letter to introversion, imagination and protecting one’s own energy and the Stonewall Honor recipient Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress, illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant, which won the CBC Bookie Award for Best Picture Book, was a finalist for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and has appeared on a number of lists, including Kirkus Best Picture Books That Celebrate Diversity and the American Library Association’s Rainbow Book List. Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.ĬHRISTINE BALDACCHINO is a writer and artist with a background in early childhood education. This is a sweetly told story about the courage and creativity it takes to be different.Ĭorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:ĭescribe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details. With warm, dreamy illustrations Isabelle Malenfant perfectly captures Morris’s vulnerability and the vibrancy of his imagination. He builds his own spaceship, hangs his painting on the front of it and takes two of his classmates on an outer space adventure. Inspired by his dream, Morris paints the incredible scene he saw, and brings it with him to school. Morris reads about elephants, and puts together a puzzle, and dreams of a fantastic space adventure with his cat, Moo. One day when Morris feels all alone, and sick from the taunts of his classmates, his mother lets him stay home from school. Astronauts, they say, don’t wear dresses. And Morris certainly isn’t welcome in the spaceship some of his classmates are building. But most of all, Morris loves his classroom’s dress-up center - he loves wearing the tangerine dress.īut the children in Morris’s class don’t understand. He dreams about having space adventures, paints beautiful pictures and sings the loudest during circle time. Morris is a little boy who loves using his imagination. But most of all, Morris loves his classroom’s dress-up center and its tangerine dress. This is a sweetly told story about the courage and creativity it takes to be different.Morris is a little boy who loves using his imagination. With warm, dreamy illustrations Isabelle Malenfant perfectly captures Morris's vulnerability and the vibrancy of his imagination. Astronauts, they say, don't wear dresses. And Morris certainly isn't welcome in the spaceship some of his classmates are building. But the children in Morris's class don't understand. But most of all, Morris loves his classroom's dress-up center - he loves wearing the tangerine dress. ![]()
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