We’re excited to host the giveaway for My Friend, Loonie (Nina LaCour)!
Read on to find out more about the author, the book and a giveaway!
About the Author: Nina LaCour
Nina LaCour is the best-selling and Michael L. Printz Award–winning author of several young adult novels, including We Are Okay, Hold Still, The Disenchantments, and Everything Leads to You, as well as a novel for adults, Yerba Buena. She is also the author of Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita. Her books have won many awards and have been translated into several languages. Nina LaCour lives with her wife and their daughter in San Francisco.
About the Illustrator: Ashling Lindsay
Ashling Lindsay is the illustrator of several books for children, including The Night Box by Louise Greig, which was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal, and The Tide by Clare Helen Welsh, a Crystal Kite Award winner. She is also the illustrator of an Alan Turing biography for the best-selling series Little People, Big Dreams. Ashling Lindsay lives in Belfast, Ireland.
About the Book: My Friend, Loonie
A gentle story of connection and loss finds a promise in memories after a young child loses her constant companion.
With a good friend like Loonie the yellow balloon, anything is possible. From neighborhood walks to reading aloud in bed to dance parties in your room, Loonie makes each activity a little brighter, a little fuller of sunshine. But as one child discovers with sadness, when it’s time for Loonie to float away home, the sunshine goes, too. It’s not as fun to have a dance party alone. And while tending to the garden helps a little bit, the world outside the window is silent and gray. Until, one day, as flowers start to push up from the soil, big and full of hope, the memory of Loonie begins to emerge in unexpected places. With tender empathy, and charming and whimsical art by Ashling Lindsay, Printz Award winner Nina LaCour illuminates the childhood companions that bring a little magic to the world.
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Title: My Friend, Loonie
Author: Nina LaCour
Illustrator: Ashling Lindsay
Release Date: March 28, 2023
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN-10: 1536213934
ISBN-13: 9781536213935
Genre: Picture Book
Age Range: 4-8
*GIVEAWAY DETAILS*
Three (3) winners will receive a copy of My Friend, Loonie (Nina LaCour) ~US/CAN Only!
*Click the Rafflecopter link below to enter the giveaway*
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This book looks great! Think my twins would love it!
The cover is beautiful, and I love the synopsis. A nice, gentle book for my niece to enjoy!
so cute
What a sweet story! This would be a hit with my prekindergarten and Head Start students.
The cover is cute and this sounds so sweet.