The Circus Wouldn't Have me,
a picture book written, illustrated and self-published
by Sarah Haxby in a limited hand-bound edition
$12.49
Now available at Phoenix on Bowen Island
http://www.phoenixonbowen.com/
'There was no room at the zoo.' (above)
The Circus Wouldn't Have me (image detail below, left )
The Circus Wouldn’t Have Me is an illustrated picture book (ages 3-6) that addresses the sense of belonging and being loved.
From the earliest age children wonder how they fit in to the world and imagine ‘what if’ scenarios as part of their play. The Circus Wouldn’t Have Me playfully engages with ‘what if’ scenarios of a boy who playfully imagines himself in various scenarios in which he humorously doesn't quite fit... as he visits the circus, zoo, firehall, a science lab and a farm. Ultimately he knows he belongs at home, where he is loved.
This easy to read book is a short and sweet bedtime reader with colourful, eye-catching images.
Lit CV:
Bio: Sarah Haxby is an award winning Canadian artist and writer who works as an elementary community school coordinator. Recently her visual arts, illustrations and writing have been featured in This Great Society: the Mythology edition (2009) and Crows Toes Quarterly- the new face of children’s literature- magazine (issues 2 and 4, 2006 and 2007 cover art and fiction,) as well as being included in The Book Of Love Letters: Canadian Kinship, Friendship, And Romance An anthology of letters by Paul Grescoe Paul and Audrey Grescoe, 2006.
As an active artist, literary advocate, teacher and mentor, Sarah has recently participated in the 2007 and 2009 Comix and Stories, as well as the Word on the Street Festival as a presenter and panelist, and exhibited at the 2008 RE:drawing exhibition at the Oriel Davies Gallery, Wales, UK while living in the UK for a year. Sarah has returned from abroad to live on Bowen Island and to research and complete the dissertation: Fields of Magic: The Life and Work of Canadian artist Ione McIntyre and Visual Quotation in Western Painting as part ofa Master of Fine Art and Art History Degree Program at the University of Wales, 2009.
