A little girl becomes friends with a bison. She brings it food that she makes. She misses it when it has to move away from the warm weather. She knows that it will return when the snow comes again. They settle by the fire and she tells it stories as they drink cocoa. She loves it completely. Year after year, the bison returns. They both grow older until one winter, the bison doesn’t come back. The girl, now grown up, knows that the bison will always be with her. Charcoal and ink illustrations, enriched with blue watercolor, enhance this gentle story. mjw |
Title: My Bison
Author: Gaya Wisniewski
Illustrator: Gaya Wisniewski
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press. Hudson, New York
Copyright: 2020
Original Language: French
Original Title: Mon Bison
Original Publisher: Editions MeMo
Original Copyright: 2018
ISBN: 978-1-61689-886-1
Hardcover pages: 36
Age range: 5-8
Genre: Picture Book
Author’s ethnicity: Belgian
Author’s residence: France
Illustrator’s ethnicity: Belgian
Illustrator’s residence: France
Subjects: Bison, Healing, Loss, Love, Passage of time |