Austin Grouper had a brown dog named Fresco, a best friend named Sternberg and a red bicycle. His life was full. And then a girl named Amy moves in next door. Austin decides that she, like all girls, is yucky. But when the invitation to her birthday party arrives, it seems the only suitable present for Amy is the moon itself, and Austin is prepared to go to the ends of the earth to get it. (From Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd.)

Marie-Louise Gay won the Governor General's Literary Award for Illustration in 2000 for her work in Yuck, a Love Story.