N o v e m b e r

Fiction

Also illustrated by Brian Deines:

Charlotte 

by Janet Lunn

hardcover  ISBN 0 88776 383 9

US $15.95 / CAN $17.99

B

ENJAMIN

S

ANTAMARIA

,  El Rey Mono,  born in Mexico City, is an

accomplished writer, journalist, poet, actor, teacher and longstanding

activist for the human rights of children. A recent Convention refugee

in Canada, he fled Mexico in the summer of 2002. He published two

books in Spanish aimed at raising youth awareness of social justice

issues: Don t Forget, Mexico 68 and The Rights of Boys and Girls (Only For Those Under

18 Years Old), a friendly version of the U.N. Convention on the Rights 

of the Child. In 1997, he was appointed the first Ombudsman for the

children of Mexico. Since coming to Canada, Santamaria has been

Writer in Residence at Champlain College at Trent University, and

Writer in Exile in Residence at George Brown College, a post he now

holds at Acadia University in Nova Scotia. While in Canada, Benjamin

is committed to building a bridge of support and understanding

between Canadian and Latin American children.

B

RIAN

D

EINES

, a graduate from the Alberta College of Art, has the

ability to bring an air of mystery and grace to popular children's books

including Sky Sisters and Bear on the Train. His first book, Charlotte, was

published by Tundra and was shortlisted for the William Allen White

Children's Award Master Reading List. He has illustrated a trilogy with

author Tomson Highway, and both the first book, Caribou Song as well as

the second, Dragon Fly Kites, was shortlisted for the Governor General's

Award for Illustration and nominated for the Schwartz Children's

Literature Award. Brian Deines resides in Toronto.

P

RAISE FOR

C

HARLOTTE

:

 Author Janet Lunn and illustrator Brian Deines have designed a

masterpiece of nonfiction in the picture book, Charlotte  

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