A Growling Place

Infobox Book
name = A Growling Place


image_caption = Cover from A Growling Place (2007)
author = Thomas Aquinas Maguire
illustrator = Thomas Aquinas Maguire
cover_artist = Thomas Aquinas Maguire
country = Canada
genre = Children's picture book
publisher = Simply Read Books
release_date = August 28, 2007
media_type = Watercolor and Graphite
pages = 32
isbn = (ISBN 978-1894965743)

A Growling Place is a book written and illustrated by Thomas Aquinas Maguire, published on August 28, 2007 by Simply Read Books in Vancouver Canada.

Book Description

The story of a young girl named Aril is told primarily with long horizontal images and few words. Though it is a picture book A Growling Place makes use of chapters - each chapter name is a simple concept in the progression of the story and is highlighted in the sentence in which it appears.

Awards

*2nd place - 26th Annual Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada by the Alcuin Society. April 11, 2008

External links

*Official Website: http://www.agrowlingplace.com
*Author Website: http://www.thomasaquinasmaguire.com
*CCBC Article on Alcuin Awards: http://www.bookcentre.ca/news/archives/top/000149.shtml
*Alcuin Society webpage: http://www.alcuinsociety.com/awards/2007/index.html
*CM Magazine Review: http://umanitoba.ca/cm////vol14/no5/agrowlingplace.html
*Simply Read Books: http://www.simplyreadbooks.com