Fern and Horn
CBC Books | | Posted: August 15, 2019 7:57 PM | Last Updated: August 16, 2019
Marie-Louise Gay
Fern and Horn are twins who look like two peas in a pod or two stars in the sky. But Fern and Horn have different ways of seeing the world. They try to outdo each other with imagination and improvisation, using crayons and pencils, ripped-up paper and cardboard boxes.
Fern loves to draw flowers and butterflies, birds and bees, caterpillars and orange trees. She draws here, there and everywhere. Horn wants to draw too, but he thinks his flowers look like purple pancakes and his caterpillars like striped socks.
"Draw whatever you want!" Fern tells him.
Horn draws an enormous elephant that tramples all over her pictures.
Fortunately, Fern's imagination is as big as the universe. She loves gazing at the stars and making star shapes. Again, Horn tries to follow suit, but he is frustrated with his creations and makes a ferocious paper polar bear that devours Fern's stars.
Undeterred, Fern decides to build a castle that can withstand elephants and polar bears, but a fire-breathing dragon comes along. Luckily, Fern knows exactly what dragons like best… (From Groundwood Books)
Fern and Horn is available in Sept. 2019.
Gay is an award-winning writer and illustrator of children's books. Her other works include the Stella and Sam series, and the books Rainy Day Magic and Any Questions. In 2005, she received the Vicky Metcalf Award for literature for young people, which recognizes a children's book author for their complete body of work.