Eugenie Fernandes
Personal Information
Description
Eugenie Fernandes grew up in Long Island, New York. She was inspired and nurtured at an early age to become the successful artist that she is today by her father, a busy and well known comic-book illustrator who worked from his home studio. After graduating from the School of Visual Arts in New York, she began designing greeting cards and submitting stories to publishers, which led to the publication of her first book. With now more than 100 books to her credit Eugenie Fernandes has become a much admired name in the world of children's literature. Since then she has worked on several projects a year and now lays claim to over 80 books. She is most proud of Just You and Me (1993), a story she wrote that was brought to life with three-dimensional illustrations by her daughter, Kim. Eugenie and her husband, Henry, also an illustrator, have two children, Kim and Matthew. Eugenie, who has lived in places as diverse as New York City and a thatch hut in the South Pacific, now lives and works beside a lake in Ontario.
Books
Kitten's Autumn
Autumn has settled on the farm, but fallen leaves aren't the only signs of the season. Find out what animals the kitten sees preparing themselves for winter.
Kittens For Keeps
Visiting her grandmother at the seashore, Meg finds two kittens and keeps them until the end of the summer when one stays with her grandmother and the other goes home to the city with Meg. Illustrated with sweet watercolor paintings.
A Difficult Day
Melinda is having a difficult day. So after being late for school, falling in a puddle and having a fight with her mother, she hides under her bed - until her mother's special touch makes things better.
Kitten's summer
Back cover: "Rain falls, kitten dashes. Rabbit races, turtle splashes. One rainy summer's day on the farm, Kitten and several other like-minded animals hurry to find shelter, leaving the water-loving creatures to splish-splash away!" Page is the inside front cover; page is the inside back cover.
Jenny's surprise summer
Although she loves both of her foundling kittens, Jenny must decide which one she will take to the city apartment when her beach vacation comes to an end.
Kitten's Spring
A young kitten explores the wilderness as other animals celebrate spring
Ordinary Amos and the amazing fish
When Amos goes fishing he is caught by an amazing fish that takes him home and puts him in a bowl of air for a pet.
My Name is Blessing
Based on the life of a real boy, this warm-hearted, beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Baraka, a young Kenyan boy with a physical disability. Baraka and eight cousins live with their grandmother. She gives them boundless love, but there is never enough money or food, and life is hard --love doesn't feed hungry stomachs or clothe growing bodies, or school keen minds. Baraka is too young, and, with his disability, needs too much, and she is too old. A difficult choice must be made, and grandmother and grandchild set off on a journey to see if there is a place at the orphanage for Baraka. The story begins by looking at Baraka's physical disability as a misfortune, but ends by looking beyond the disability, to his great heart and spirit, and the blessings he brings.
Little Toby and the Big Hair
"Toby is a little girl with BIG hair! Birds build nests in it. Trees get tangled in it. How Toby and her family come to terms with her hair is hilarious. The striking illustrations are hand-crafted from Fimo℗ʼ modelling clay" Cf. Our choice, 1997-1998.
Waves in the Bathtub
Listen! Kady is in the bathtub, singing. And look! Are those fish in there with her? Polar bears? Dolphins and pelicans?! Is this a bath, or an ocean? It's amazing to see what happens when Kady sings in the bathtub.