Biography
Marie Lafrance has been drawing all her life, from her childhood’s queens and kings with crowns on their heads, to her most recently published book, Bunny the Brave War Horse, which tells the story of a brave and invaluable World War I war horse.#Marie studied Graphic Arts and Etching, worked as a printmaker and eventually started illustrating, a career which is not really a career as much as a lifestyle, so she basically lives in her studio, cooking up characters and trying to give graphic life to authors’ great stories.#In the past twenty years, Marie has been illustrating mostly children’s books. Her work was nominated three times for the Governor General’s Literary Award, and she recently won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award for A Hen for Izzy Pippik.#Marie lives in Montreal, Quebec, with her Beau, their daughter, Béatrice, and numerous critters, her favorite being an old red dog named Lélé.
Awards
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The Lady with the Books
2021 - Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award, IBBY Canada, Short-listed
2021 - Outstanding International Books List, USBBY, Winner
2020 - Best Books of the Year, The Globe and Mail, Winner
2020 - Books of the Year list, A Mighty Girl, Winner
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The True Tale of a Giantess
2019 - Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Winner
2019 - Delaware Diamonds Award, Diamond State Reading Association, Commended
2019 - Information Book Award, Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable, Commended
2018 - Cybils Award - Elementary Nonfiction Category, Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards, Finalist
2018 - Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award, California Reading Association, Honor Book
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A Hen for Izzy Pippik
2013 - Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street Children's Book Committee, Winner
2013 - Great Lakes Great Books, Michigan Reading Association, Commended
2013 - Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Award, Winner
2013 - Shining Willow Award, Ontario Library Association, Commended
2012 - Best Bets, Picture Books, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Commended
2012 - Best Books for Kids & Teens, , Winner
Picture Books
The Lady with the Books, 2020Non-fiction
The True Tale of a Giantess, 2018
Bunny the Brave War Horse, 2014
A Hen for Izzy Pippik, 2012