Book Week Image

We are thrilled that Governor General Awarding-winning illustrator Wallace Edwards created this year’s poster image. Wallace’s image will be the focal image for Book Week 2009 and will appear on all of the materials of the Book Week Kit.

When creating this year’s poster image, Wallace took many things into consideration:

“I chose an elephant because the elephant represents memory, an elephant is kid-friendly, an elephant represents power and looks silly on skates. The pose gives the impression of movement and of stillness at the same time. The background says winter and snow. The skates convey the idea of play and the flag says Canada. The book says reading (words and image) and allows for trunk use. The small tusks say youth and the red cheeks effort. The letters on his shirt refer to the written word.”

About Wallace Edwards

Wallace Edwards, a graduate of the Ontario College of Art, currently divides his time between Toronto and Kingston working as an illustrator. He has created artwork for magazines, posters, book and video covers. His first children’s picture book, Alphabeasts, won the 2002 Governor General’s Literary Award for Children’s Illustration. Wallace is both author and illustrator of The Extinct Files: My Science Project, an amusing story of a boy’s science project on dinosaurs that turns out to be the news story of the millennium. His works are widely received and have won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, the International Reading Association’s Children’s Choice Award, and the ForeWord Book of the Year among others. His newest title, The Painted Circus, continues to build Wallace’s reputation as an exquisite artist and author.

For more information on Wallace Edwards, click below:

Quill & Quire interview with Wallace Edwards

Just One More Books! interview with Wallace Edwards