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Jennifer Lloyd is the author of several books, including Looking for Loons (a Canadian Toy Testing Council Top 10 pick), Ella's Umbrellas (an Alcuin Award winner, and a Rainforest of Reading and Christie Harris Children's Literature Prize nominee), The Best Thing About Kindergarten, and Taffy Time. When she is not at her writing desk, she works as a kindergarten teacher in Blainville, Québec. Jacqui Lee is the illustrator of the Murilla Gorilla series and the picture book Taffy Time. She graduated from the Alberta College of Art and Design with a Bachelor of Design, and currently lives and works in Vancouver, BC.
Praise for the Murilla Gorilla Series: Murilla Gorilla, Jungle Detective is a 2013 Alcuin Society Award for Excellence in Book Design second prize winner, and was selected as a 2014 Canadian Toy Testing Council 'Recommended Read', a 2013 Ontario Library Association 'Best Bets for Children', and a 2013 Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids and Teens STAR! Murilla Gorilla and the Lost Parasol is a spring 2014 Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids and Teens selection! Murilla Gorilla and the Hammock Problem is a 2014 Alcuin Awards for Excellence in Book Design first prize winner! ""Readers will be hungry for more."" New York Times ""Will delight emerging readers."" School Library Journal ""Charming."" Publisher's Weekly ""This early reader is a pleasure."" Kirkus Reviews ""The playful silliness of the book will appeal to emerging readers. Give this one to fans of Amelia Bedelia--Murilla Gorilla has the same sort of clueless charm."" Booklist ""Maybe this series should be called 'My First Page Turner.'"" Barnes & Noble Kids Blog
