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When little Henry asks his parents 'where did I come from', the answers they come up with are imaginative, hilarious, playful and will be enjoyed by children and their parents alike.
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About the Author
&B>Sara O'Leary&/B> is the co-creator with Julie Morstad of the Henry series: &I>When You Were Small, Where You Came From&/I> and, most recently, &I>When I Was Small &/I>(Simply Read Books). She has worked as a literary columnist and is also a playwright and fiction writer. A graduate of the UBC Masters program, she has taught Writing for Children and Screenwriting at Concordia University in Montreal. She is currently living in a house by the sea in a small village in New Brunswick and working on a novel. &B>Julie Morstad&/B> is an award-winning illustrator and fine artist known for her surreal, whimsical work. Julie has exhibited her work in galleries, animated two music videos with her brother, and filled up stacks of sketchbooks. She lives in Vancouver with her family.
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From Where You Came From by Sara O'Leary, with illustrations by Julie Morstad:
Henry is a boy who likes to ask questions.
Every day it’s something new.
Do one and one always make two? he asks.
And never something more?
But there is one particular question
he asks again and again.
Where did I come from? asks Henry.
Well, says his father.
It was so long ago now
that it is difficult to remember
I think that was the day
that the stork called in sick,
and a flock of crows
took over his deliveries.
No, says his mother.
Don’t you remember?
The fairies brought you.
It must have taken dozens
of them to lift you,
because they were so small
and you were so big.
No, says his father.
Don’t you remember?
We found you in a basket,
floating down the river.
We’d been out for a picnic
and it was the perfect end
to a perfect blue-sky day.
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- PublisherSimply Read Books
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1894965469
- ISBN 13 9781894965460
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorMorstad Julie
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