Garden of Lost Socks By Esi Edugyan, illustrated by Amlie Dubois

Two-time Scotiabank Giller Prizewinner Esi Edugyan debuts her picture book, lovingly illustrated by Amlie Dubois, a whimsical story about friendship, curiosity and the magic of a vibrant community.

Akosua was always told she was too nosy.

Her parents loved her very much, but she always seemed to find trouble.

"Trouble isn't what I find!" said Akosua. "I'm an Exquirologist. What I find is lost things."

This big-hearted picture book debut from one of Canada's brightest literary stars follows Akosua, a budding Exquirologist, as she finds both a new friend and a remarkable world hidden right in her very own community. Acclaimed artist Amlie Dubois adds a layer of magic to Akosua's charming adventure with her delicate, compelling illustrations.

Each turn of the page pulls readers deeper into Akosua's journey, daring them to become Exquirologists too, and encouraging them to seek out magic in the mundane! (From HarperCollins)

Garden of Lost Socks is for ages 4 to 7.

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Esi Edugyan is the author of the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize-winningWashington Black.Washington Blackwas also a finalist forthe 2018 Man Booker Prizeandthe 2018 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.

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Edugyanis also the author of the novelsThe Second Life of Samuel TyneandHalf-Blood Blues, the latter of which won the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize and was defended onCanada Readsby Donovan Bailey in 2014.She delivered theCBC Massey Lecturesand adapted the series into the bookOut of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling.Raised in Calgary, Edugyan now lives in Victoria.

Interviews with Esi Edugyan

'I can see myself in that boy:' Esi Edugyan on her Washington Black hero

6 years ago

Duration 1:16

The author on how she relates to the 11-year-old protagonist, who escapes life as a field slave in the cane fields of Barbados.

Esi Edugyan wins 2nd Scotiabank Giller Prize

6 years ago

Duration 2:55

Esi Edugyan won the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize, a $100,000 literary award, for Washington Black. It's her second time winning the prize after she took it home in 2011 for Half-Blood Blues.

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