Sun Wishes

"If I were the sun, I would sing a gentle morning song to wake my slumbering friends." So begins this fresh and colorful collaboration between author Patricia Storms and illustrator Milan Pavlovic, the creative team behind 2019's beloved bedtime story,Moon Wishes.

Join the sun in this gentle imagining of its travels across the sky, lighting up our gloomiest days, celebrating a bountiful harvest, and delighting in the diversity of life around the world.

Milan Pavlovic's vibrant watercolor illustrations complement Patricia Storm's jubilant text. Young readers will be warmed by the sun's wishes as they spread through the story, inspiring curiosity, gratitude, and the irresistible urge to step outside!(From Groundwood Books)

Sun Wishes is forages 3 to 6.

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Patricia Stormshas worked as a short-order cook, a library technician, and a graphic designer, but her favourite thing to do by far is to make books for kids! She wrote and illustratedThe Pirate and the Penguinand the much-lovedNever Let You Go. She is the author ofThe Dog's Gardener, illustrated by Nathalie Dion, and collaborated with her husband, Guy Storms, to writeMoon Wishes, illustrated by Milan Pavlovic.

Milan Pavlovi is a Toronto-based illustrator, graphic artist and educator. He is the illustrator of several children's books in Canada, includingThe Boy Who Invented the PopsiclebyAnne Renaud.