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The Little Green Envelope
- Subject
- Social Themes - Friendship
- Age
- 3-5 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 32
- Publisher
- Groundwood Books
- Size
- 28.2 cm × 21.3 cm
- ISBN
- 9781773066813
A little green envelope longs to go on a journey. Will it be chosen to deliver Olive’s letter to her far-away friend?
Olive’s friend has moved away, and Olive wishes she could visit her. A little green envelope, lost in the bottom of the desk drawer, knows how Olive feels. It, too, wants so much to travel, and imagines zipping up and down conveyer belts and bouncing along in a mail bag, on its way to deliver an important letter. An old postcard reassures that for every occasion, there is an envelope … but it seems like it will never be the little green envelope’s turn.
When Olive’s grandpa suggests writing her friend a letter, the little green envelope hopes and hopes that it will be chosen to carry the letter to its destination — but will it be a perfect fit?
A diagram on the endpapers shows how readers can create their own little green envelopes!
Key Text Features
illustrations
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6
With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
About the creators
Gillian SzeAuthor
GILLIAN SZE is the author of poetry collections, creative nonfiction and picture books. Her recent books include The Little Green Envelope (illustrated by Claudine Crangle), You Are My Favorite Color (illustrated by Nina Mata), and The Night Is Deep and Wide (illustrated by Sue Todd). Her work has received starred reviews from Quill & Quire, Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. Originally from Winnipeg, she now resides in Montreal, Quebec, where she teaches creative writing and literature.
Claudine CrangleIllustrator
CLAUDINE CRANGLE is a multidisciplinary artist whose previous picture books include The House Next Door and Priscilla Pack Rat. She also illustrated The Little Green Envelope, written by Gillian Sze, which was shortlisted for CBC Kids Reads as well as the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award. Claudine plays with various printmaking techniques combined with collage and paper sculpture using materials scavenged from recycling bins where she lives, in Toronto, Ontario.
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What reviewers said
“The Little Green Envelope is a lovely book for anyone feeling the friend-moving-away sads or who just likes to send and receive mail.”
“A sweet and straightforward homage to old-fashioned letter writing.”
“A love letter to the written word.”
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