Kirstie Hudson, Monique Polak

Just a Minute

Why Humans Tell Time
Illustrator: Stampatori, Paige

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Part of the nonfiction Orca Timeline series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book is a comprehensive overview of time, and how and why we measure it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orca Book Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Altersempfehlung: 9 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 273mm x 222mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 200g
• ISBN-13: 9781459840621
• ISBN-10: 1459840623
• Artikelnr.: 73110487

Autorenporträt

Kirstie Hudson is an award-winning writer, editor and journalist. She was a long-time reporter and producer with CBC Radio. Kirstie coauthored two books with Indigenous artist Carey Newman. Picking Up the Pieces was a finalist for the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize. The Witness Blanket was the winner of the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction and a finalist for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award. As an instructor at the University of Victoria, Kirstie shared her love of storytelling with students in writing and journalism. She lives in Victoria, BC. Monique Polak is the author of over 30 books for young people. She is a three-time winner of the Quebec Writers' Federation Prize for Children's and YA Literature, now called the Janet Savage Blachford Prize. Monique taught for 35 years at Marianopolis College in Montreal. She is also a freelance journalist whose stories have appeared frequently in the Montreal Gazette and in Postmedia publications across Canada. Her previous nonfiction titles include I Am a Feminist, Why Humans Work and Open Science: Knowledge for Everyone. Monique does writing workshops for kids and adults across the country. She lives in Montreal. Paige Stampatori is an illustrator based in Kitchener, Ontario. She graduated from Sheridan College's honors illustration program in 2020. Paige is the illustrator of Why We Need Vaccines: How Humans Beat Infectious Diseases.