Down Here - Hardcover

by Valerie Sherrard (Author), Isabelle Malenfant (Illustrator)

After all, it's all in how you look at things! Jamie doesn't have the same talents as other members of their family. They can draw and tell scary stories. But Jamie can build things and create new worlds -- mazes, rocket ships, roller coasters, and secret hiding places! But all Mom can see is chaos and a mess that needs to be cleaned up. She just doesn't appreciate all that hard work! When Jamie tries to see things from Mom's perspective -- well, Jamie starts to understand. From the top of the table things look like Mom sees them and it really does look a bit messy. But if Mom can be convinced to come down to Jamie's level and see things that way then she will understand the amazing and imaginative world "down here".

Author Biography

Valerie Sherrard
is the award-winning author of several books for young readers including The Glory Wind, Counting Down from Nine, Tumbleweed Skies, Driftwood and Rain Shadow. She lives in New Brunswick.

Isabelle Malenfant
has a bachelor degree in graphic design, but never was a graphic designer because she fell in love with illustration. She likes to mix mediums as watercolor, pastels and charcoal to create poetic and sensitive worlds. Isabelle was born in the north of Quebec, between gold mines and lakes, in Val d'Or city. She is the illustrator of more than a dozen children's books and makes her home in Montreal with her family.