Isabelle Arsenault

Albert wants a quiet place to read, but his friends just want to play and now everyone has figure out how to have fun together.

Vanessa's sister Virginia is in a "wolfish" mood--growling, howling and acting very strange. Vanessa tries everything she can think of to cheer her up, but nothing seems to work. Loosely based on the relationship between author Virginia Woolf and her sister, painter Vanessa Bell.

Even though he tries in turn to look more spoonish and then more forkish, the hybrid Spork never gets chosen at mealtimes until something arrives one day that doesn't care about cutlery customs.

Once Upon a Northern Night has received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal.

In this exquisite lullaby, the beauty and wonder of a northern winter night unfold, with images of a soft snowfall, the wild animals that appear in the garden, the twinkling stars, the gentle rhythm of the northern lights and the etchings of frost on the window pane.

As the young child sleeps, wrapped

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