The 2010 Willow Awards
Shining Willow Nominee
Stanley's Beauty Contest
Stanley isn't exactly sure what beautiful is, but his people have entered him in a dog show. The good news - his friends, Alice and Nutsy and Gassy Jack, are in the contest, too. The bad news - Stanley's not so great at winning contests. As expected, chaos ensues, and love and loyalty win the day.
About the Author
Linda Bailey is the author of over 18 books for children, including the Stevie Diamond Mysteries series, the Good Times Travel Agency series and Stanley's Party. She is the winner of numerous awards, including the Silver Birch Award, the Red Cedar Award, the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, the B.C. Book Prize and the Arthur Ellis Award from the Crime Writers of Canada. Born in Winnipeg, she traveled around the world in her 20s and then moved to Vancouver, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters of Education at the University of British Columbia. She has two grown daughters, a golden retriever and a cat. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
About the Illustrator
Bill Slavin was born February 12, 1959, in Belleville, Ontario, the seventh of eight children. He illustrated his first book, The Adventures of Zok the Caveman, when he was seven. It was published in an edition of one. He has been writing and illustrating ever since. He has illustrated over sixty children's books, fiction and non-fiction, including Stanley's Party by Linda Bailey, winner of the 2004 Blue Spruce Award, the B.C. Book Prize Christie Harris Illustrated Book Award and the Canadian Librarian Association's Amelia Frances Howard Gibbon Illustrator's Medal.
He has also illustrated The Cat Came Back, The Bear on the Bed by Ruth Miller and the Good Times Travel Agency series by Linda Bailey. In 1995 he wrote and illustrated his own book, The Stone Lion. He lives in the village of Millbrook, Ontario, with his wife, Esperança Melo, who is also an artist and the co-illustrator of Drumheller Dinosaur Dance, winner of the 2005 Blue Spruce Award. They have lived and worked in this community since 1990.
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Teacher Resources
Before Reading:
Using a Venn diagram, brainstorm everything dogs like to do, everything people like to do and in the middle of the Venn diagram, place all the ideas that both humans and dogs like to do.
After Reading:
Add more items to the Venn diagram that came up in the book. Discuss why dogs like some things that humans don't. Are we that much different than dogs?
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