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GRANNY QUIGLEY has knitted a very unique sweater. To her surprise, every time she washes and dries the purple sweater with the white lace collar it grows . . . one size larger! What can she possibly do with a sweater that keeps growing? And will it ever stop growing? Ashley and Morgan, Granny s granddaughters, take charge of the situation in attempt to solve Granny s dilemma. The three travel the countryside looking for a home for the growing sweater. As the sweater grows unexpectedly for each new owner, Ashley and Morgan are more and more determined to find a proper home for such an unusual article of clothing. The surprise solution vibrantly and beautifully illustrated by Ben Quesnel ends up a delight to readers, making this award-winning fantasy tale an instant classic.
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The Growing Sweater is based on a partly true story. One autumn day in 1990 my mother told me that before I was born she knitted a sweater for my father. Every time she washed and dried the sweater it grew! Sweaters usually shrink, but sometimes they stretch and grow larger. I was instantly fascinated with the idea of a growing sweater, and soon after I started to write the story, but it took several years of writing and rewriting to get the story just right. It was my first book for children after all, and learning to write children's books well is NOT easy. There are many basic but very important rules that must be followed when writing books for young readers. And learning to write well in general is usually a long process for most writers. The end result is well worth the effort, however, especially when young readers (AND their parents) are delighted by a good story.
In 1993, while The Growing Sweater was still in manuscript form, it won co-first place in a Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators sponsored contest at a New England-based university writing conference.Then, in 2006, while still in manuscript form, The Growing Sweater was a finalist in the Tassy Walden Awards: New Voices in Children's Literature. The story was first published in a Braille anthology of children's stories in 2007. Less than a year after its publication as a fully illustrated, hard cover picture storybook in 2014, The Growing Sweater became a Mom's Choice Awards Silver Recipient and won First Place in the National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest for Children's Books .
About the Author:
In 1993, while The Growing Sweater was still in manuscript form, it won co-first place in a Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators sponsored contest at a New England-based university writing conference.Then, in 2006, while still in manuscript form, The Growing Sweater was a finalist in the Tassy Walden Awards: New Voices in Children's Literature. The story was first published in a Braille anthology of children's stories in 2007. Less than a year after its publication as a fully illustrated, hard cover picture storybook in 2014, The Growing Sweater became a Mom's Choice Awards Silver Recipient and won First Place in the National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest for Children's Books .
Jason Marchi is an award-winning poet, fiction writer, and journalist whose first picture storybook, The Legend of Hobbomock: The Sleeping Giant, was published to outstanding reviews, won a Connecticut Press Club award, was a Mom's Choice® Silver Recipient, and became a bestseller in New England. Mr. Marchi writes his stories from his family home in Guilford, Connecticut.
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- PublisherFahrenheit Books
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0983094527
- ISBN 13 9780983094524
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorBen Quesnel
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