ISABELLE ARSENAULT studied graphic design at the Universite du Qu bec a Montreal. She has achieved international recognition for her work and won many awards and distinctions, including three Governor General's Awards for Children's Literature, the Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Artist, the Bologna Ragazzi Award in 2017, and IBBY Canada's Cleaver Picture Book Award, and has been featured twice on the New York Times' ""10 Best Illustrated Books"" list, in 2011 and 2013. In 2018, she was nominated for the Hans Christian Anderson Award by IBBY Canada. She lives with her family in Mile End, Montreal.
On Quill & Quire's Kidlit Spring Preview 2019, Picture Books One of CBC's 29 Canadian Kids Books & YA to Look For in Spring 2019 In Arsenault's ideal neighborhood, independent children make their own decisions and form their own community, and they resolve their own conflicts, too. --Publisher's Weekly Each member of the beguiling ensemble cast is wholly engaging. --Quill & Quire It is a joy to see Albert's desire to unwind through his love of reading inspire the children around him to do the same. --Highly Recommended, Resource Links