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Waiting for the Sun
"Waiting for the baby is like waiting for the sun to come up - it takes its own sweet time!" Each summer day Mollie wakes up, waits for the prairie sun to rise, and hopes that today the baby will be born. Sometimes while she waits, she feels the baby moving inside her mother's tummy and whispers, "Good morning." But it's hard to wait. Waiting for the baby is like waiting for the sun to come up in the morning - it takes its own sweet time. Mollie plans all the things she'll share with the new baby - tadpoles in the stream, clucking chickens, books from the library - but still the baby does not come!
Grandma decides she'll stay overnight to help Mollie pass the time. Finally, in the middle of the night, the baby arrives - a brother! Mollie's parents call him Benjamin. Mollie races to see the baby. His eyes are squeezed shut. His face is wrinkled and red. "He's ugly!" she announces. But the she holds her new brother, and he opens his eyes and looks right at her. Mollie can't help but smile. Together, they watch the sun come up, and Mollie decides this is quite enough for now.
Awards and Nominations: " Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award Nomination Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Citation Shining Willow Award Nomination IBBY Canada Outstanding Canadian Picture Book 2000-2003
Grandma decides she'll stay overnight to help Mollie pass the time. Finally, in the middle of the night, the baby arrives - a brother! Mollie's parents call him Benjamin. Mollie races to see the baby. His eyes are squeezed shut. His face is wrinkled and red. "He's ugly!" she announces. But the she holds her new brother, and he opens his eyes and looks right at her. Mollie can't help but smile. Together, they watch the sun come up, and Mollie decides this is quite enough for now.
Awards and Nominations: " Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award Nomination Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Citation Shining Willow Award Nomination IBBY Canada Outstanding Canadian Picture Book 2000-2003
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32 pages, Paperback
Published December 11, 2006
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About the author
Alison Lohans
48 books30 followersAward-winning Canadian Alison Lohans has published 30 books with presses in Canada, New Zealand and Australia. Many of her books have been finalists for awards such as the CLA Young Adult Book Award, three different categories of the Saskatchewan Book Awards, the High Plains Book Awards, the Shining Willow Award, the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, The Prix Aurora Award, and the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award. This Land We Call Home (Pearson Education New Zealand/now Australia) won the 2008 Saskatchewan Book Award for YA Literature. Alison was named the 2012 Regina YWCA Jacquie Schumiacher Woman of Distinction for her many contributions to the arts in Regina, Saskatchewan, which has been Alison's home since 1976.
See also:
https://alisonlohans.wordpress.com/
and https://www.facebook.com/alisonlohans...
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October 2023 - TYLER EVANS THE GREAT, an early chapter book for readers aged 6-8 from Your Nickel's Worth Publishing, illustrated by Gretchen Ehrsam.
Tyler yearns to be a hero. But it's so hard to become one! Heroes don't get nosebleeds at school, or lose a shoe wile kicking a ball! Their older brothers don't call them "Brat", and they never let the class bully steal their lunch! Maybe a special magic potion will help?
https://www.ynwp.ca/books/222-tyler-e...
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May 2023 - the new print edition of GERMY JOHNSON'S STOLEN SKATEBOARD, the first book in the Germy Johnson Series for kids aged 7-9.
J.J. and his friends have been practising hard for the Slick Wheels Contest, and think they'll be able to win the 9-and-under category. Then J.J.'s new skateboard goes missing! How can he possibly find it in time?
https://www.amazon.ca/Germy-Johnsons-...
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Released spring 2023 is the new ebook edition of GERMY JOHNSON'S PIANO WAR, Alison's second chapter book for kids aged 7-9 in the Germy Johnson series.
Piano lessons! J.J. is horrified! Why did Mom sign him up for lesson, and right at the time of his favourite TV show? His friend Derek has to take lessons too, and he's not happy either. When J.J. gets a black eye at his first lesson, this means war!
https://www.amazon.com/Germy-Johnsons...
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Released June 1, 2022 is STRONG AS A PHARAOH, Alison's second contemporary romance novel with BWL Publishing.
Egypt! What better place to break free of painful ruts and crippling memories of two disastrous first marriages?
Megan, a blocked mystery writer, signs on for a tour of this ancient world of temples, pyramids and pharaohs, desperately needing to re-create herself in the aftermath of the suicide of her emotionally abusive husband. She no longer needs a man in her life…she thinks….
Daniel, a professor and church music director, signs on for a tour of Egypt at the end of his sabbatical in Oxford. He loved his mentally-ill ex-wife, and still can’t understand why she left him all those years ago, taking their daughter with her.
https://www.bookswelove.com/lohans-al...
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Released September 15, 2021 is Alison's fifth picture book THE 1-DOGPOWER GARDEN TEAM, illustrated by Gretchen Ehrsam, with Your Nickel's Worth Publishing.
Sophie loves her dog, Max. Max loves Sophie. But he also loves to dig. Can Sophie find a way to stop Max from digging up Mom’s garden?
Shortlisted:
The 2022 G. Murray and Edna Forbes Foundation Children’s Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards
Finalist:
First runner up in the Animals/Pets category of the 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
https://www.ynwp.ca/books/191-the-1-d...
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Released July 1, 2021 is CANINE CUPID, Alison's first contemporary romance novel, with BWL Publishing.
(Canine Cupid was originally set for February 2022 release under its working
See also:
https://alisonlohans.wordpress.com/
and https://www.facebook.com/alisonlohans...
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October 2023 - TYLER EVANS THE GREAT, an early chapter book for readers aged 6-8 from Your Nickel's Worth Publishing, illustrated by Gretchen Ehrsam.
Tyler yearns to be a hero. But it's so hard to become one! Heroes don't get nosebleeds at school, or lose a shoe wile kicking a ball! Their older brothers don't call them "Brat", and they never let the class bully steal their lunch! Maybe a special magic potion will help?
https://www.ynwp.ca/books/222-tyler-e...
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May 2023 - the new print edition of GERMY JOHNSON'S STOLEN SKATEBOARD, the first book in the Germy Johnson Series for kids aged 7-9.
J.J. and his friends have been practising hard for the Slick Wheels Contest, and think they'll be able to win the 9-and-under category. Then J.J.'s new skateboard goes missing! How can he possibly find it in time?
https://www.amazon.ca/Germy-Johnsons-...
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Released spring 2023 is the new ebook edition of GERMY JOHNSON'S PIANO WAR, Alison's second chapter book for kids aged 7-9 in the Germy Johnson series.
Piano lessons! J.J. is horrified! Why did Mom sign him up for lesson, and right at the time of his favourite TV show? His friend Derek has to take lessons too, and he's not happy either. When J.J. gets a black eye at his first lesson, this means war!
https://www.amazon.com/Germy-Johnsons...
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Released June 1, 2022 is STRONG AS A PHARAOH, Alison's second contemporary romance novel with BWL Publishing.
Egypt! What better place to break free of painful ruts and crippling memories of two disastrous first marriages?
Megan, a blocked mystery writer, signs on for a tour of this ancient world of temples, pyramids and pharaohs, desperately needing to re-create herself in the aftermath of the suicide of her emotionally abusive husband. She no longer needs a man in her life…she thinks….
Daniel, a professor and church music director, signs on for a tour of Egypt at the end of his sabbatical in Oxford. He loved his mentally-ill ex-wife, and still can’t understand why she left him all those years ago, taking their daughter with her.
https://www.bookswelove.com/lohans-al...
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Released September 15, 2021 is Alison's fifth picture book THE 1-DOGPOWER GARDEN TEAM, illustrated by Gretchen Ehrsam, with Your Nickel's Worth Publishing.
Sophie loves her dog, Max. Max loves Sophie. But he also loves to dig. Can Sophie find a way to stop Max from digging up Mom’s garden?
Shortlisted:
The 2022 G. Murray and Edna Forbes Foundation Children’s Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards
Finalist:
First runner up in the Animals/Pets category of the 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
https://www.ynwp.ca/books/191-the-1-d...
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Released July 1, 2021 is CANINE CUPID, Alison's first contemporary romance novel, with BWL Publishing.
(Canine Cupid was originally set for February 2022 release under its working
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