I'm Not Sydney!

Marie-Louise Gay, Marie-Louise Gay

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Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
07 June 2022

Finalist, CCBC Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award Finalist, Quebec Writers' Federation Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature

Sydney and his friends gather outside to play, transforming one by one to climb, leap, lumber and soar into a shared jungle of their imagination.

Hanging upside down in a tree, Sydney imagines he is a sleepy, sun-bathing sloth. And that's where Sami finds him. Sami thinks sloths are too slow, so she scampers up the tree and becomes a spider monkey. ""Fast is fun!"" she chatters. ""Fast is best!"" And that's where Edward finds them...

One after another, the neighborhood kids wander by and slip into a shared imaginative world where leaves and giant flowers unfurl, playing, laughing, teasing and bickering, until Edward the elephant fills up his trunk and-WHOOSH!-sends the children ""galloping home like a herd of small wet animals.""

As always, Marie-Louise Gay's writing and artwork are wonderfully pitched to young readers, capturing the effortless way that children travel back and forth between the worlds of real life and make believe. With its sun-dappled watercolors, depiction of time spent outdoors with friends, and quiet, wistful ending, I'm Not Sydney perfectly illustrates the slow-moving magic of a childhood summer.

Key Text Features

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Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4 Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

By: Marie-Louise Gay
Illustrated by: Marie-Louise Gay
Imprint: Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 273mm, Width: 206mm,
Weight: 462g
ISBN: 9781773065977
ISBN 10: 1773065971
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 07 June 2022
Recommended Age: From 3 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

MARIE-LOUISE GAY is an internationally acclaimed children's book creator whose work has been translated into more than 20 languages. She has won many awards including two Governor General’s Literary Awards, the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children’s Literature, the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award. She has also been nominated for the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and the Hans Christian Andersen Award. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.

Reviews for I'm Not Sydney!

A well-paced, funny adventure. * Horn Book * A creative tribute to the inventive inner world of children. * BookPage * Marie-Louise Gay understands children well … Her depictions of childhood are masterful in their simplicity and authenticity. * Canadian Children's Book News * Another winning work to add to Gay's body of work. * CM: Canadian Review of Materials * Marie-Louise Gay entices readers with a narrative … inspiring a feeling that anything and everything is possible. * Montreal Review of Books * With pleasant illustrations, I'm Not Sydney is a fun, adventurous story for young listeners. * Miramichi Reader *

Short-listed for Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature 2022 (Canada)
Short-listed for Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award 2023 (Canada)
Short-listed for Quebec Writers' Federation Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature 2022 (Canada)