Renata Liwksa lives and works in Calgary, Canada, with her illustrator husband, Mike. Her childhood memories are of growing up in Warsaw, Poland. Little Panda was her first book with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, but she has since illustrated New York Times best selling picture book The Quiet Book and its sequel The Loud Book! See her artwork at http: //www.wronghand.com/uwaga/renata1.html.
"In her authorial debut, Liwska . . . delivers a prime example of unadulterated storytelling . . . In every word, readers can hear the wise, wry voice of a narrator who knows how to hold a child's attention. The illustrations, a combination of pencil and soft digital color, evoke the simplicity of traditional Chinese art and underscore the intimacy of the book's small format." September 22, 2008 Publishers Weekly "Liwska's tale is generously imbued with a gentle humor that is echoed in her digitally colored pencil drawings. Keeping the roly-poly black-and-white principals just this side of saccharine is no mean feat, but both text and illustrations are up to the challenge as they unfold with wily deliberations. Much like this whimsical tale, the elegant illustrations hold small surprises for perceptive readers to enjoy." October 1, 2008 Kirkus Reviews --
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