Time Escapes | detail | from the book Catching Time, 2010
oil on canvas

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Wakelin’s whimsical depiction of time, once it has
been caught, is definitely thought-provoking.

   – Janice Foster, CM Magazine

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Catching Time, a book by Rachna Gilmore and me, has been reviewed by CM Magazine.

As one of the Canadian Toy Testing Council’s 2009 recommended books, Looking for Loons was on a CTV segment about books as a good gift option.

The article and clip are here.

Looking for Loons is one of 10 books chosen for the Canadian Toy Testing Council’s Great Books for Children for 2009.

And there’s also a really nice review of Looking for Loons on the Scholastic blog – it squeaked in with its squirrel cameo (and there’s also one on the endpapers).

(mainly) Non-Fiction Fiona has written a whole *hexapod of reviews over on her blog of the books she picked up at the CWILL BC Spring Book Hatching this past weekend. And Looking for Loons was one of them. There are 4 more fantastic books from other talented BC authors and illustrators to read about in that post as well so I do recommend clicking over there for a visit. Actually, give the whole blog a good looking over – Fiona writes reviews of lots of other books as well posts about her writing life as a published author.

*actually there are five, not six, and none of the books are legged.

I spent a chunk of time last night reading through the other reviews. Some of them are pretty funny. This website is definitely worth a stop if you’re looking for a book that will appeal to you just as much as to your audience. If you’re going to be reading it out loud night after night at bedtime, it might as well be something you enjoy too, right?

There is a lovely review of Looking for Loons on Menasha Kids, the kidslit blog of Menasha Public Library in Menasha WI. The blog covers reviews of picture books to graphic novels, to novels to movies – all for kids and teens. There are also interviews with authors as well as extensive lists of links to other great kidlit related blogs, children’s book publishers and resources for children’s book creators and readers.

Library Goddesses blog is a fantastic resource with a whole pile of book write ups, reviews and recommendations. Do check it out!

There’s a really nice review of Looking for Loons in the Winter 2007 issue of Cottage Life.

Author Jennifer Lloyd and illustrator Kirsti Anne Wakelin, both Canadians, create a sensory feast, from the sunlight on a pillow to the bang of a cast-iron pan on the stove.

-Liann Bobechko, Cottage Life, Winter 2007

The magazine is full of all things cottage as well as the 2007 photo contest winners – images of enviable times spent with family and friends, surrounded by nature.

There’s a review of Looking for Loons in CM Magazine: Canadian Review of Materials.