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Leslie McGuirk

~ Author, Illustrator, Workshop Presenter, Rock Collector

Leslie McGuirk

Category Archives: Books

If Rocks Could Sing – A Discovered Alphabet

13 Tuesday Mar 2012

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The most innovative ABC book of found objects EVER! Every letter and every object is a real rock.

Leslie McGuirk is the author of many children’s books including the Tucker Series, Pip the Penguin books, and Wiggens Learns His Manners at the Four Seasons.

On a stretch of Florida seashore, nature has revealed itself to Leslie McGuirk in a way that can only be called astonishing. There, she has found rocks in the shape of each letter of the alphabet, and over many years, she has also persistently collected rocks resembling objects that begin with each letter. Now Leslie is sharing her unique collection with the world.

A is for Addition, and there are rocks in the shape of numbers; B is for Bird, and there is a bird rock on a nest with an egg; and G is for Ghosts, and there is a host of rocks that look like ghosts! Children and adults alike will pour over these fascinating rocks and will be inspired to collect their own.

“With sharp eyes, endless patience and vivid imagination, McGuirk seeks and finds rocks in the shapes of alphabet letters and items representing those letters. Begs to be pored over again and again.” – Kirkus Reviews

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Tucker over the Top

08 Thursday Mar 2012

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TUCKER’S SPOOKY HALLOWEEN NOMINATED FOR THE CHILDREN’S CHOICE AWARD

HO HO HO TUCKER AND TUCKER’S SPOOKY HALLOWEEN AWARDED THE PLATINUM AWARD BY THE OPPENHEIM FOUNDATION AS BEST DVD’S OF 2009

TUCKER FLIPS VOTED ONE OF THE BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR

“Children may well flip over this endearing daredevil” – Publishers Weekly

“Little children will like this brave terrier, and they’ll like McGuirk’s appealing pictures, too.” – Booklist

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Snail Boy

08 Thursday Mar 2012

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“Snail Boy has become on of our favorite books, full of witty touches”

The London Observer

“Move over, Clifford…. Here is one uncommon, wholly engaging companion/pet that’s definitely not going to run off.”

Kirkus Reviews

“There is nothing slow about the wit in this book”

The Chicago Tribune

“McGuirk has ingenious characters and illustrations”

Publishers Weekly

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Wiggens Learns His Manners at the Four Seasons Restaurant

08 Thursday Mar 2012

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“A charming introduction to one of my favourite restaurants and to the fine art of good behaviour. This enchanting book serves up delightful illustrations with a generous dollop of humor.”

Martha Stewart, entrepreneur

“I’ve always believed that dogs have the best lives – and Wiggens has the best of all. Dining at the Four Seasons, as well as teaching good manners to all. Now, if I could just get Wiggens to recommend a bottle of wine…”

Tom Brokaw, television journalist

“The best dog-gone way to learn manners. This is a real tail wagger.”

Tim Zagat, CEO, Zagat Survey

“Wiggens shows us the way to good manners and acts of kindness. This is required reading not only for kids but for grownups too.”

Pamela Fiori, editor in chief, Town & Country

“With the arrival of Wiggens Learns His Manners, every kid will now be able to say, “Everything I ever needed to know about good manners, I learned at the Found Seasons.”

Dick Parsons, chairman of Citigroup

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Pip the Penguin

20 Monday Feb 2012

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Over 600,000 copies sold worldwide.
Translated into Japanese, Swedish, French

“The adventures of Pip the Penguin are among the stand-out new board books” – Pittsburgh Post Gazette

“An original quartet of lift-the-flap board books… Electric bright colours give these undersized books a strong visual presence” – Publisher’s Weekly

Editor’s Choice with BABYTALK Magazine

“McGuirk has the knack for seeing through a child’s eyes” – The Tribune

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