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Julie Morstad

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Julie Morstad

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English
Residence History
Vancouver

Career

Occupations
children's book writer, illustrator
Active Years
2006-2024
Nominations
2013 Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration nominee - How To, 2014 Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration nominee - Julia, Child, 2022 Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration nominee - Time Is a Flower, 2020 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award nominee - It Began With a Page

Awards

Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
2006
Work: When You Were Small
Category: 絵本
Organization: Canadian Children's Book Centre
Result: 受賞
Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
2013
Work: How To
Category: 絵本
Organization: Canadian Children's Book Centre
Result: 受賞
Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award
2019
Work: Bloom
Category: 絵本イラスト
Result: 受賞
Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
2022
Work: Time Is a Flower
Category: 絵本
Organization: Canadian Children's Book Centre
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

How To

2013 Picture Book

A creative 'how to' picture book for children, written and illustrated by Morstad.

creativityimagination

Time Is a Flower

2022 Picture Book

A picture book exploring the concept of time through flowers, written and illustrated by Morstad.

timenature

When You Were Small

2006 Picture Book

Illustrated by Morstad, written by Sara O'Leary.

imaginationchildhood

Bibliography

  • When You Were Small
  • Milk Teeth
  • Where You Came From
  • When I Was Small
  • The Wayside
  • The Swing
  • How To
  • Julia, Child
  • This Is Sadie
  • Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova
  • Sometimes We Think You Are a Monkey
  • Today
  • When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons
  • Singing Away the Dark
  • Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli
  • The Dress and the Girl
  • House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery
  • It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
  • Show Me A Sign
  • Girl on a Motorcycle
  • Time is a Flower

Legacy

Renowned Canadian illustrator of children's books, winner of multiple awards.

Trivia

  • Gave birth to her first child at age 20.
  • Has a brother named Paul.