Virginia Wolf

Author: Kyo Maclear

Illustrator: Isabelle Arsenault

Publisher: Kids Can Press, 2012

Publisher’s recommended age: 4+

Not just for children, Virginia Wolf is an uplifting story for readers of all ages.  A young girl is “feeling wolfish” and when all else fails her sister uses art to create a “perfect place” and lift her out of her dark mood. Loosely based on the relationship between author Virginia Woolf and her sister, painter Vanessa Bell, Virginia Wolf is a sensitive story about overcoming darkness with creativity, time, love and empathy. It works beautifully as a bad-day/bad-mood or animal-transformation tale, while readers who know actual depression will find it handled with tenderly forceful aplomb.

Available Languages: English, Italian, French, Chinese, Spanish, Dutch, Persian, Slovenian, Korean, Japanese