Maggie Can't Wait
2010 Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize Winner
"Artist Dean Griffiths' illustrations are colourful and attractive, and he does a good job of reflecting Maggie's feelings in her facial expressions. Recommended"
-- CM Magazine
"Perfectly capture the characters’ expressions and the gentle mood of the book and add humour and empathy to the story."
-- Quill & Quire
"Maggie Can't Wait is charmingly illustrated with little girl and boy kittens in very nice people clothes and gently humorous details."
-- Midwest Book Review
"Artist Dean Griffiths' illustrations are colourful and attractive, and he does a good job of reflecting Maggie's feelings in her facial expressions. Recommended"
-- CM Magazine
"Perfectly capture the characters’ expressions and the gentle mood of the book and add humour and empathy to the story."
-- Quill & Quire
"Maggie Can't Wait is charmingly illustrated with little girl and boy kittens in very nice people clothes and gently humorous details."
-- Midwest Book Review
Only A Cow
"Dean Griffiths' watercolour paintings add to the enjoyment of a story well told. The horse race scenes are especially well done. The reader gets a real sense of the power of those mighty animals as they charge around the track. When looking at the paintings, one can almost hear the thundering of the hooves on the soft track as they kick up tufts of dirt and grass.
"Job well done. Highly Recommended."
-- CM Magazine
"Only a Cow (is) a book that will draw smiles from children and adults alike. . . The chuckling crowds who give Lucille their support are a lively group and the insouciant pride on Lucille’s face as she trots down the track – seen on the cover as well as within the story – are delightful."
-- Canadian Children's Book Centre
"The story's positive message, of setting a goal and working hard to achieve it, is enhanced by Dean Griffith's expressive illustrations."
-- Daily Press (Timmins)
"Job well done. Highly Recommended."
-- CM Magazine
"Only a Cow (is) a book that will draw smiles from children and adults alike. . . The chuckling crowds who give Lucille their support are a lively group and the insouciant pride on Lucille’s face as she trots down the track – seen on the cover as well as within the story – are delightful."
-- Canadian Children's Book Centre
"The story's positive message, of setting a goal and working hard to achieve it, is enhanced by Dean Griffith's expressive illustrations."
-- Daily Press (Timmins)
Perfect Man
2006 Chocolate Lily nominee
2006 Florida Reading Association's Children's Book Award nominee
2005 Blue Spruce nominee
2005 CCBC Our Choice starred selection
2004 Resource Links "The Year's Best"
"A wonderful story about finding your own voice and those special people who make a difference in our lives." "Griffiths 'super' illustrations are warm and fun."
-- BC Parent - April 1, 2004
"Dean Griffiths' whimsically gorgeous illustrations are - pardon the pun - perfect." "There are a lot of reasons for me to recommend that you get yourself a copy or five of Perfect Man. . . You're gonna need one for yourself, but you'll want extras for gifts."
-- Comic World News - June 14, 2004
"Victoria author Troy Alan Maxwell Wilson and illustrator Dean Griffiths of Duncan, B.C. pepper an inspirational story with sly humour."
-- Maclean's - November 29, 2004
2006 Florida Reading Association's Children's Book Award nominee
2005 Blue Spruce nominee
2005 CCBC Our Choice starred selection
2004 Resource Links "The Year's Best"
"A wonderful story about finding your own voice and those special people who make a difference in our lives." "Griffiths 'super' illustrations are warm and fun."
-- BC Parent - April 1, 2004
"Dean Griffiths' whimsically gorgeous illustrations are - pardon the pun - perfect." "There are a lot of reasons for me to recommend that you get yourself a copy or five of Perfect Man. . . You're gonna need one for yourself, but you'll want extras for gifts."
-- Comic World News - June 14, 2004
"Victoria author Troy Alan Maxwell Wilson and illustrator Dean Griffiths of Duncan, B.C. pepper an inspirational story with sly humour."
-- Maclean's - November 29, 2004
That's Hockey
2004 Chocolate Lily nominee
2004 SYRCA Shining Willow nominee
2003 CCBC Our Choice
2002 Resource Links "The Year's Best"
"Bouchard and Griffiths combine words and illustrations to delightfully deceive readers..." "Highly recommended."
-- Canadian Book Review Annual - September 1, 2003
"...the story moves at a lively pace, and illustrator Griffiths's hockey players are both comical and endearing."
-- Globe and Mail - February 8, 2003
"...joins Canadian hockey classics for and about children..." "...injects a vigorous note that challenges gender stereotypes that still exist in what is often viewed as an all-boys' sport."
-- Canadian Literature - June 1, 2004
"Large, colorful, and expressive cartoons show hockey-playing youngsters whose faces radiate enthusiasm and a love of the game..."
-- School Library Journal - January 1, 2003
2004 SYRCA Shining Willow nominee
2003 CCBC Our Choice
2002 Resource Links "The Year's Best"
"Bouchard and Griffiths combine words and illustrations to delightfully deceive readers..." "Highly recommended."
-- Canadian Book Review Annual - September 1, 2003
"...the story moves at a lively pace, and illustrator Griffiths's hockey players are both comical and endearing."
-- Globe and Mail - February 8, 2003
"...joins Canadian hockey classics for and about children..." "...injects a vigorous note that challenges gender stereotypes that still exist in what is often viewed as an all-boys' sport."
-- Canadian Literature - June 1, 2004
"Large, colorful, and expressive cartoons show hockey-playing youngsters whose faces radiate enthusiasm and a love of the game..."
-- School Library Journal - January 1, 2003
Give Maggie a Chance
“Griffiths' art for the book is ideal. Although the story speaks of the children as ordinary children, Griffiths depicts them as anthropomorphized cats. Maggie is a marmalade cat, Sam a tabby, and irritating Kimberly is a Persian. Mrs. Brown is, most appropriately, a Siamese cat. The emotions are captured nicely in the illustrations, but making the characters cats rather than people softens the story, diffusing any potential didacticism. Wishinsky leaves the child readers with a sense of their own capabilities despite repeated failures and embarrassment, and despite the flagrant successes of the Kimberlys of the world. Overall the art and story work together beautifully to produce an encouraging and highly amusing book for young readers.”
-- Canadian Literature #181 - Summer 2004
-- Canadian Literature #181 - Summer 2004
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