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Mélanie Watt

Author/Illustrator

Quebec

Born: August 20, 1975. Trois-Rivieres, QC
Family: Ernesto Cadenas

Biography

Mélanie Watt of Montréal, Quebec, began working on her first children's book "Leon the Chameleon" while enrolled in the graphic design program at the Université du Québec a Montréal. "Leon the Chameleon" is a story about being different that also explores the concept of complementary colors. It has been published in other languages such as French, German, Czech and Hebrew. For her second picture book, Mélanie illustrated "Where does a Tiger-Heron spend the night? (Kids Can Press, 2002) written by Margaret Carney, a book of poems about birds. This inspired her to observe and learn more about these interesting creatures. Mélanie has currently finished her box set of 5 concept books "Learning with animals" (Kids Can Press, fall 2003). In this collection, kids will learn the Alphabet, Numbers, Colors, Shapes and Opposites with the help of 70 different animals. Apart from her passion for creating children's books, Mélanie shares other interests like interior design, arts, crafts and music.

Published Works

Scaredy Squirrel Makes A Friend, 2007
Chester, 2007
Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach, 2008
Augustine Kids Can Press, 2006
Scaredy Squirrel Kids Can Press, 2006
BEARCUB and MAMA, Author: Sharron Jennings, Kids Can Press, 2004
LEARNING WITH ANIMALS, Kids Can Press, 2003; (5 concept books) Alphabet, Colors, Shapes, Numbers and Opposites.
Where Does A Tiger-Heron Spend The Night? (Kids Can Press, Spring 2002), 32 p. Hardcover (with flaps) Author: Margaret Carney
Leon The Chameleon (Kids Can Press, Spring 2001) 32 p. Hardcover / Paperback

Awards

Where Does a Tiger-Heron spend the night?:
2003 Animal Behavior Society's Outstanding Children's book award -shortlist

Leon the Chameleon:
2001 Society of School Librarians International Honour Book
2001 Junior library guild selection
2002 Children's Choices for 2002 given by the CBC and IRA
2002 CCBC Our Choice List
2002 Foreward Magazine Book of the Year Award, finalist
2002 The White Ravens

Other Memberships

CCBC
AIIQ