Biography
Acclaimed poet and novelist Dionne Brand was born in Trinidad and moved to Canada in the early 1970s. Her work has won both the Governor General’s Award for Poetry and the Trillium Award for Literature. Originally published in 1979, Earth Magic was her first book of poetry for children.
Awards
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Earth Magic
2007 - Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, Canada Council for the Arts, Short-listed
2007 - Golden Oak Award, , Short-listed
2006 - Governor General’s Literary Award, children’s illustration, , Short-listed
Picture Books
Earth Magic, 2019