Looking for Loons [Paperback]

Looking for Loonsis now available in paperback! Just after sunrise a boy ventures to the front porch of his family cottage to scan the misty lake with an old pair of binoculars. He is looking for loons. As he waits, his other pajama-wearing family members join him, and together they experience the fascinating sights and sounds of nature.This lovely story about a family enjoying nature together at little cottage on a lake, told in rich watercolors, is now available in paperback!Praise for the hardcover edition ofLooking for Loons:

Winner of one of the Canadian Toy Testing Council???s 2009 top ten ???Great Books for Children??? awards!

If this book doesn???t have you wanting to rent a cabin in the woods, I don???t know what will. Jennifer Lloyd deftly describes a family enjoying nature as the surrounding woods wake up. I felt a connection to Patrick waiting for the loons, as I remembered nighttime excursions to watch for meteor showers or try to spot owls. Kirsti Anne Wakelin???s warm illustrations complement Lloyd???s imagery, and her sketchbook like endpapers are a real treat.
~Scholastic book review

A sensory feast, from the sunlight on a pillow to the bang of a cast-iron pan on the story.
~Cottage Lifemagazine

Luminous watercolors are an excellent match for the natural beauty of the tale's setting...a very attractive and well-designed book.
~Quill & Quire

Looking for Loonsperfectly distills the magic of an early autumn cottage porch, watching the world wake up. Silence disturbed only by lake animals, coolness in the air before the day???s heat starts up, it???s a wonderful hold-your-breath instant that seems to stretch while dew drips off the branches, and inside, bacon sizzles. Local artist Kirsti Anne Wakelin???s exquisite watercolours span every shade of fall???s palette, with delicate tableaux of stillness and possibility.
~Georgia Straight

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