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A New Award for “BookSpeak!,” Illustrated by Josée Bisaillon

Josée Bisaillon has received yet another award for her work on “BookSpeak!,” and we couldn’t be happier for her.

Félicitations are in order for her newest accolade from the Cybils Awards, which have been given to only 3 Canadians this year. The Cybils Awards are awarded each year by bloggers for the year’s best children’s and young adult titles. The goal of the Cybils Awards is to reward the children’s and young adult authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary merit and bonafide “kid appeal.”

Josée received the honor in the poetry category. Youpi!

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Interview with Josee Bisaillon

We are big fans of Josee Bisaillon’s joyful and engaging collage-based illustration, and were very happy to learn that Kathleen Temean was intrigued enough by her work to reach out to the artist and write about Josee in her wonderful blog. In particular, we are big fans of learning about an artist’s individual process, so this was a real treat!

You can check it out here.

Image by Josee Bisaillon:

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“American Illustration” Announces this Year’s Winners

The annual “American Illustration” competition acknowledges some of the most cutting-edge illustrations from the previous year, and it is a great honor in our industry to be included in their pages. We are so happy that this year, three of our artists have made it!

Josée Bisaillon’s whimsical image was ‘chosen’ to appear on the juried web gallery:

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Valeria Petrone’s bathing beauties were ‘selected’ to appear in the annual:

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And Victo Ngai’s awesome conceptual piece will also appear in the book this year:

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Congratulations, Ladies!

Fantastique News from Josée Bisaillon

It has been a genuine pleasure to watch Josée Bisaillon’s charming work evolve, and it was a joy to learn that she has received not one, but two fantastic awards in the past week. How nice that the industry thinks she’s as fabulous as we do!

The Great Moon Hoax was recently included in the 2012 edition of Best Children’s Books of the Year by the Children’s Book Committee at the Bankstreet College of Education. The committee looks at over 6000 titles every year and carefully selects the best 600 books based on their literary quality while also considering their emotional impact on children. You can learn more by clicking here.

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Additionally, we have learned that Bookspeak! has been honored at this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair with a White Raven Award…this is tremendous! The Bologna Children’s Book Fair is one of the premier events in our industry, and this is truly a tremendous accolade. We couldn’t be more proud.

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Félicitations, Josée!

Visit Josée Bisaillon at the “Ooh Là Là” Illustration Showcase in Toronto

Josée Bisaillon cordially invites you to join her tomorrow, April 28th, for the Ooh Là Là Illustration showcase. If you happen to be in the Toronto area, be sure to swing by and say hello to this incredibly talented artist! In addition to some old favorites, she will also be sharing some of her latest works.

The event kicks off at the Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street West in Toronto at 6 pm. Come on down!

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Josée Bisaillon’s “The Great Moon Hoax” Reviewed by the New York Times

Well, this is exciting! Josée Bisaillon’s “darkly imaginative illustrations” were very well received by the New York Times’ Pamela Paul in Sunday’s Paper. We were bowled over as we saw her work trickle in for this recent title by the renowned children’s book author Stephen Krensky, and it is wonderful to know that we are not alone in our enthusiasm. You can take a look at the article here.

Félicitations, Josée!

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And the Moonbeam Children’s Book Award Goes To…

It is a joy to see all of the wonderful children’s book manuscripts that zip through our office, and we are so consistently impressed by the quality of children’s literature that continues to be produced (take that, Nintendo!). It is a particular honor, then, that the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards have acknowledged not one, but TWO of our artists as gold medal winners this year!

The Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards are dedicated to bringing increased recognition to exemplary children’s books and their creators in a whopping 36 categories that reflect the full range of subjects, styles, and age groups that children’s books are written and published in today.

High fives are in order for Wendy Edelson, who took home the gold in the Best Illustrator category for her work on the heartwarming “Bartholomew’s Gift,” and to Josee Bisaillon, whose contribution to “Benno and the Night of Broken Glass,” written by Meg Wiviott, took home the gold in the Multicultural Picture Book category.

You can take a look at all of the winners here, and congratulations, Ladies!

Image by Wendy Edelson:

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Image by Josee Bisaillon:

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Josee Bisaillon Nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Awards

We have phenomenal news from Josee Bisaillon, who has announced that her children’s book, “Le Funambule,” has been nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Awards by the Canada Council for the Arts! This is a big deal, guys. If she wins, not only does she get to add that fancy title to her list of accomplishments, but she’ll be the recipient of a $25,000 prize. Please keep your fingers crossed, and take a look at the other selections here.

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Guido Scarabottolo and SOI 52

Guido Scarabottolo visited New York for the first time in 30 years to accept his Silver Medal from the 52nd Society of Illustrators Editorial and Publishing Show. It was so exciting for me to meet the award-winning conceptual mastermind after years of corresponding with him via email (both Vicki and Gail have traveled to Milan to visit with Guido in the past).

Here we see, from left to right, Guido’s talented wife Francesca ( a remarkable artist in her own right), Guido, and the ladies, Vicki and Gail:

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A pensive Guido standing beneath one of his 4 images in the show:

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A design cagematch! Guido speaking with Charles Hively, the mastermind behind 3×3 Magazine:

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And, of course, Guido humbly accepting his medal:

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Congratulations, Guido!

As mentioned previously, MGI’s other participating artists are Valeria Petrone, Beppe Giacobbe, Steven Tabbutt, and Josee Bisaillon. Beppe and Valeria were in Italy, Josee was home in Canada with her new twins, But Manhattanite Steven came for the event and enjoyed the festivities.