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Waltz of the Snowflakes comes out in just a few days! I will be having the launch at The Elora Center for the Arts, along with a solo exhibition. Oct. 12 – Nov. 12, 2017.

OPENING/BOOK PARTY: Oct. 12, 7-9pm

Need a holiday book? Waltz of the Snowflakes can be found online or at your local independent book store via Indiebound 

*Junior Library Guild Selection

From School Library Journal (STARRED REVIEW):

MACKAY, Elly. Waltz of the Snowflakes. illus. by Elly MacKay. 32p. Running Pr. Oct. 2017. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9780762453382.

PreS-Gr 3 –This wordless picture book opens with Christmas just days away, but the only sign of holiday cheer is Gran’s holly leaf print dress and her excitement at having tickets to The Nutcracker. Granddaughter is far less enthused at having to venture out into the cold wet night and walk to the theater wearing fancy clothes (except for the high-tops on her feet—a nice touch). The situation is not improved when the boy who teases her in the lobby ends up sitting next to her. But then wisps of color come from the orchestra. The act one scene where Clara receives a nutcracker prince from Uncle Drosselmeyer vibrantly leaps from the page, and both boy and girl are enthralled by the music and the action. Bright backlighting makes MacKay’s paper-cut artwork look tangible, as if readers could peel the figures from the book and bring them to life. The absence of text allows the expressive illustrations to tell a multilayered story: the granddaughter’s progress from sullen reluctance to joy, her and the boy’s relationship of initial animosity to friendship, and, of course, the ballet’s plot. Even the title serves dual purposes as a nod to a movement in the show and the spontaneous dance between grandmother and granddaughter through the gently falling snow at the end. VERDICT Theatrical, magical, and very much of the season as seeing The Nutcracker itself.–Joanna Fabicon, Los Angeles Public Library

From Kirkus (STARRED REVIEW):

 The Nutcracker casts its enchantment in this wordless picture book. (…) Graphic panels are the perfect presentation format for a favorite ballet. (Picture book. 4-7)


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 A little peek, and a few more.
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I’ll have an update on the exhibition soon. It is a show that is travelling from the LCVA in Virginia.
For now, here is the invite. If you are in the Elora area, I hope you will check it out! It has my dioramas, photographs, shadow works and process work from my books.

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NOTE:
If you are able to come, I’ll be capturing shadows at the opening.