Emi & Mini

Key Selling Points The illustrator, Stephane Jorische won the Governor General's Award 4 times. The illustrations are award-winning! Author has an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC. Author is Japanese Canadian and teaches at Royal Roads University. Author published a story in The New Quarterly, a literary magazine that has been publishing Canadian Writers for over 40 years. This is the very last book the illustrator is doing as he is retiring. The story is a heartwarming account of a little girl's developing love for her pet hamster. The author has been noted by the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award society as a new author to watch.