Written and illustrated by Wallace Edwards
North Winds Press (Scholastic Canada)
978-1-0397-0194-6
32 pp.
Ages 3-8
October 2023
Out of the creative heart and hands of Governor General Award-winning author-illustrator Wallace Edwards comes the message to look beyond the seemingly impossible and to imagine.
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| From Pigs Can't Fly, written and illustrated by Wallace Edwards |
Many of us have heard the phrase "when pigs fly" and accept the logic of this statement. And the nature of adynatons like "when pigs fly" is the impossibility of them. But Wallace Edwards makes us see beyond the logical and real and imagine otherwise. In rhyming verse and brilliant artwork, Wallace Edwards asks us to consider the impossible as possible. From that flying pig to a turtle chewing gum and a chameleon that smiles, it may all be feasible. In fact, Wallace Edwards provides us with graphic evidence.
Fish never sing, I have been told,They think it's too much trouble.But this fish sings an old, sweet song,Then saves it in a bubble.
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| From Pigs Can't Fly, written and illustrated by Wallace Edwards |
Depicting some of his favourite characters–alligators, mice, pigs, rhinos, and elephants–Wallace Edwards offers hope for the impossible. And that hope, to think beyond what we've all been told, leads to his final proposition about love, contrary to the notion that nothing lasts forever.
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| From Pigs Can't Fly, written and illustrated by Wallace Edwards |
This is the third book in Wallace Edwards's series of books–the first books were Can You Imagine? and Do You Wonder?–that implore us to wonder and imagine. With Pigs Can't Fly, he reminds us that no matter how often we may be told or hear that something cannot be done, whether it's to protect us or to stifle us, it's within us to try.
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Can You Imagine? (2021)
Do You Wonder? (2022)
Pigs Can't Fly (2023)
