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Mélanie Watt

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kidscanpress.com presents ...
	Chester written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt from the series Chester For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5817

Hardcover Jacket CAD $18.95 978-1-55453-140-0 Paperback CAD $8.95 978-1-55453-460-9 Grades: Pre-K to 3 Ages: 4 to 8 Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding humor © 2007 4-color 9 3/8 x 11 32 pages	Chester is more than a picture book. It is a story told, and retold, by dueling author-illustrators. Mélanie Watt starts out with the story of a mouse in a house. Then Mélanie's cat, Chester, sends the mouse packing and proceeds to cover the pages with rewrites from his red marker, and the gloves are off. Mélanie and her mouse won't take Chester's antics lying down. And Chester is obviously a creative powerhouse with confidence to spare. Where will this war of the picture-book makers lead? Is it a one-way ticket to Chesterville, or will Mélanie get her mouse production off the ground? Awards 2009 Blue Spruce Award, Ontario Library Association, winner 2009 Time To Read Award, British Columbia Achievement Foundation, winner 2008 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, shortlist 2008 Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, winner 2008 Childrens’ Choices, International Reading Association , shortlist 2008 Golden Archer Award, WEMTA , winner 2008 Notable Children’s Books in Language Arts, NCTE , shortlist 2007 Best Bets Picture Book, Ontario Library Association, winner 2007 Book of the Year, ForeWord Magazine , shortlist Reviews “This sidesplitting metafiction offers further proof of Watt’s ... extravagantly fresh, cheeky voice.” — Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review, November 2007 “Highly Recommended” — Kirkus Review Starred Review, September 2007

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	Chester written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt from the series Chester For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5817

Hardcover Jacket CAD $18.95 978-1-55453-140-0 Paperback CAD $8.95 978-1-55453-460-9 Grades: Pre-K to 3 Ages: 4 to 8 Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding humor © 2007 4-color 9 3/8 x 11 32 pages	Chester is more than a picture book. It is a story told, and retold, by dueling author-illustrators. Mélanie Watt starts out with the story of a mouse in a house. Then Mélanie's cat, Chester, sends the mouse packing and proceeds to cover the pages with rewrites from his red marker, and the gloves are off. Mélanie and her mouse won't take Chester's antics lying down. And Chester is obviously a creative powerhouse with confidence to spare. Where will this war of the picture-book makers lead? Is it a one-way ticket to Chesterville, or will Mélanie get her mouse production off the ground? Awards 2009 Blue Spruce Award, Ontario Library Association, winner 2009 Time To Read Award, British Columbia Achievement Foundation, winner 2008 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, shortlist 2008 Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, winner 2008 Childrens’ Choices, International Reading Association , shortlist 2008 Golden Archer Award, WEMTA , winner 2008 Notable Children’s Books in Language Arts, NCTE , shortlist 2007 Best Bets Picture Book, Ontario Library Association, winner 2007 Book of the Year, ForeWord Magazine , shortlist Reviews “This sidesplitting metafiction offers further proof of Watt’s ... extravagantly fresh, cheeky voice.” — Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review, November 2007 “Highly Recommended” — Kirkus Review Starred Review, September 2007

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	Chester written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt from the series Chester For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5817

Hardcover Jacket CAD $18.95 978-1-55453-140-0 Paperback CAD $8.95 978-1-55453-460-9 Grades: Pre-K to 3 Ages: 4 to 8 Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding humor © 2007 4-color 9 3/8 x 11 32 pages	Chester is more than a picture book. It is a story told, and retold, by dueling author-illustrators. Mélanie Watt starts out with the story of a mouse in a house. Then Mélanie's cat, Chester, sends the mouse packing and proceeds to cover the pages with rewrites from his red marker, and the gloves are off. Mélanie and her mouse won't take Chester's antics lying down. And Chester is obviously a creative powerhouse with confidence to spare. Where will this war of the picture-book makers lead? Is it a one-way ticket to Chesterville, or will Mélanie get her mouse production off the ground? Awards 2009 Blue Spruce Award, Ontario Library Association, winner 2009 Time To Read Award, British Columbia Achievement Foundation, winner 2008 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, shortlist 2008 Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, winner 2008 Childrens’ Choices, International Reading Association , shortlist 2008 Golden Archer Award, WEMTA , winner 2008 Notable Children’s Books in Language Arts, NCTE , shortlist 2007 Best Bets Picture Book, Ontario Library Association, winner 2007 Book of the Year, ForeWord Magazine , shortlist Reviews “This sidesplitting metafiction offers further proof of Watt’s ... extravagantly fresh, cheeky voice.” — Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review, November 2007 “Highly Recommended” — Kirkus Review Starred Review, September 2007

written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt

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Chester is more than a picture book. It is a story told, and retold, by dueling author-illustrators.

Mélanie Watt starts out with the story of a mouse in a house. Then Mélanie's cat, Chester, sends the mouse packing and proceeds to cover the pages with rewrites from his red marker, and the gloves are off.

Mélanie and her mouse won't take Chester's antics lying down. And Chester is obviously a creative powerhouse with confidence to spare. Where will this war of the picture-book makers lead? Is it a one-way ticket to Chesterville, or will Mélanie get her mouse production off the ground?

Curriculum Connections

Language Arts

Genre, Literature, Understanding

humor

Reading levels

Fountas & Pinnell

Grade Level

Reading Recovery

Hardcover Jacket

978-1-55453-140-0

Paperback

978-1-55453-460-9

Reviews

“This sidesplitting metafiction offers further proof of Watt’s ... extravagantly fresh, cheeky voice.”: — Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review, November 2007
“Highly Recommended”: — Kirkus Review Starred Review, September 2007

Awards

2009: Blue Spruce Award, Ontario Library Association, winner
2009: Time To Read Award, British Columbia Achievement Foundation, winner
2008: Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, shortlist
2008: Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, winner
2008: Childrens’ Choices, International Reading Association , shortlist
2008: Golden Archer Award, WEMTA , winner
2008: Notable Children’s Books in Language Arts, NCTE , shortlist
2007: Best Bets Picture Book, Ontario Library Association, winner
2007: Book of the Year, ForeWord Magazine , shortlist