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Caroline Woodward is the author of novels and short stories for adults and picture books and novellas for children. She works as a lighthouse keeper on British Columbia's west coast when she isn't writing books. For more info, please visit www.carolinewoodward.ca. Julie Morstad is known for her surreal, whimsical work. Her books have garnered many accolades, including the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize at the BC Book Prizes, and First Prize at the Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design; they have been shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Illustration, Foreword Reviews' Book of the Year Award, Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award (Picture Book Category), and Chocolate Lily Award (Picture Book Category). She lives in Vancouver, Canada.
Praise for Singing Away the Dark: Very few books about six-year-olds can show kids that age act in realistically brave ways. Yet a story about a girl who has to walk a mile in the dark and the snow all by herself is going to hit a chord. Even better is the fact that the book offers a solution to her problem: How to confront early morning scary darkness? The solution is practical and may inspire real life kids to do the same. Beautiful on both a visual and a literary level, Morstad and Woodward are a match made in heaven. If you're looking for going-to-school books outside of the usual fare that also happen to be easy on the eyes, this is one of the finer offerings out there. A real treat and a great little title. Well worth discovering. School Library Journal A delicate, brilliantly perceptive picture book about a rural child's long journey to the school bus...This quietly stunning tale empowers all children - whether they get to school by snowshoe or SUV - to overcome fear with imagination. Quill & Quire STARRED REVIEW! Night can be a very alien world, but this beckoning book is like an invitation to come walk there. Kirkus Reviews Alongside Julie Morstad's absolutely charming and wintry illustrations, Caroline Woodward's story provides hopeful warmth as a little girl journeys to school through the dark forest one early winter morning...Woodward's eloquently phrased words enlist the reader in an entirely moving experience through the wintry pages and snow-covered hills of Singing Away the Dark. Most notably, Woodward's poetic story provides readers, young and old, with a celebration of language through a little girl who finds consolation in the power of song. CM Magazine When she was six, Caroline Woodward had to walk a mile in the dark and through the woods to get to her school bus stop. From this memory, she has written a beautiful story...Singing Away the Dark is a very special book, a lovely find. The illustrations are beautiful and find a perfect balance of darks and lights to create the feeling of walking in the dark through the white snow. A Picture Book a Day blog
