Marcel with a Splash

Julia Srensen, Shelley Tanaka

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Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
20 March 2025

Marcel was born with webbed toes and an extra chromosome in this tender exploration of a child's life with Down syndrome.

When Marcel is born, the first thing the midwife notices is his webbed toes. Otherwise, he eats, he sleeps, he eats again, just like any baby. And then the doctors start to notice Marcel's almond-shaped eyes, weak muscle tone and unusually shaped ears. They come to a conclusion: Marcel has Down syndrome. Marcel's parents don't know what to do with this medical terminology, so they bury it in the bottom of the garden, where it can grow in its own time and they can keep an eye on it.

But Marcel doesn't care about words yet. He grows and learns, taking to life like a fish in water. In many ways, Marcel is just like any child. He loves to laugh, be silly with his friends and go swimming during summer vacation.

Marcel with a Splash goes beyond medical terms and the accompanying prejudices to discover Marcel himself. Inspired in part by her experiences as the mother of a child with Down syndrome, artist and author Julia Srensen takes us on a poetic stroll between naps, chromosomes and tall grass, through Marcel's beautiful, ordinary life.

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Correlates to the Common Core States Standards in English Language Arts:

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By: Julia Srensen
Translated by: Shelley Tanaka
Imprint: Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 269mm, Width: 190mm,
Weight: 389g
ISBN: 9781773069838
ISBN 10: 1773069837
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 20 March 2025
Recommended Age: From 3 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

JULIA SØRENSON is a Swiss author and artist. She has a degree from the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Geneva. She has published the book FA-FU and is also an editor of other artists’ books with the publisher art&fiction. Marcel with a Splash is her first book for children. She lives and works in Marchissy, Switzerland. SHELLEY TANAKA is an award-winning author, translator and editor who has written and translated more than forty books for children and young adults. She is faculty emerita at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the MFA Program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. Shelley lives in Kingston, Ontario.