One Can by Lana Button and Eric
Walters, illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant
A child donates a can of food to their school food
drive. But in an unexpected twist, they come to understand what it means to
give and receive.
A child is excited to donate a can of their
favorite Zoodelicious to the school food drive. Their teacher has explained
that the food will be given to people in need, along with mittens from the
“mitten tree.”
In the classroom, there’s a carpet with one
hundred squares, and the goal is to fill each square with a can of food. When
the child places their can of Zoodelicious on square 100, everyone cheers, and
the teacher puts a snowflake sticker on top to celebrate.
But a few days later, the child finds the same can
of Zoodelicious among the groceries their mom has brought home. There’s a pair
of red mitts, too. “Mom, are we the people in need?” the child asks.
The next morning, after having thought of all the
people who will receive food from the school and wondering what else they might
need, the child donates their too-small blue mittens to the mitten tree at
school.
Created by an award-winning team, One Can tells
a timely and touching story of a child who learns to give and receive – and
wants only to give again in return.
One Can is available for pre-order
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Lana Button is a children’s book
author, motivational speaker for kids and an early childhood educator. She has
written more than a dozen picture books, many of them award-winners,
including Tough Like Mum, illustrated by Carmen Mok (Crystal Kite
Award), and Willow’s Whispers, illustrated by Tania Howells (Bank
Street Best Children’s Book of the Year, IBBY Outstanding Book for Young People
with Disabilities). Lana lives in Burlington, Ontario.
Many Quick Brown Fox readers will know Lana a frequent
guest speaker at my Kid Lit courses and, from long ago, as a frequent attendee
at my workshops ~Brian
Eric Walters has published over 130
novels and picture books for young readers. Among many awards, he won the
Governor General’s Award for The King of Jam Sandwiches and
the Children’s Africana Book Award for The Matatu, illustrated by
Eva Campbell.
He is co-founder of Creation of Hope, which
supports orphans and disadvantaged children in Kenya, and creator of National
Run Day for the Terry Fox Foundation and I Read Canadian Day. A recipient of
the Order of Canada, Eric lives in Guelph, Ontario.
Isabelle Malenfant has illustrated more than twenty children’s books, including Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino (Stonewall Honor Book, American Library Association’s Rainbow List, Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year) and Pinny in Summer and Pinny in Fall, both by Joanne Schwartz. Isabelle’s illustrations for Pablo trouve un trésor by Andrée Poulin were nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award.
Isabelle lives in
Magog, Quebec.
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If you’re interested in writing for children, don’t
miss our upcoming Kid Lit workshop Sunday, July 27, with guest speaker Katie
Hearn, Editorial Director at Annick Press. See here.
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