Here’s my new book, The mushroom fan club, and it will be in stores this Friday! You can already buy it in some lucky bookstores or pre-order it here.
From The picture book blogger: “Another winning formula from Elise Gravel. Factual and informative blended with ‘off the wall’ wackiness. You’re bound to learn something new about mushrooms with the Mushroom fan club!”
From Children’s Book Council: “Elise Gravel is back with a whimsical look at one of her family’s most beloved pastimes: mushroom hunting! Combining her love of exploring nature with her talent for anthropomorphizing everything, she takes us on a magical tour of the forest floor and examines a handful of her favorite alien specimens up close. While the beautiful coral mushroom looks like it belongs under the sea, the peculiar Lactarius indigo may be better suited for outer space. From the fun-to-stomp puffballs to the prince of the stinkers—the stinkhorn mushroom—and the musically inclined chanterelles, Gravel shares her knowledge of this fascinating kingdom by bringing each species to life in full felt-tip-marker glory.
The Governor General Award–winning author Gravel’s first book with Drawn & Quarterly, If Found . . . Please Return to Elise Gravel, was a Junior Library Guild selection and an instant hit among librarians, parents, and kids alike. Fostering the same spirit of creativity and curiosity, The Mushroom Fan Club promises to inspire kids to look more closely at the world around them and to seek out all of life’s little treasures, stinky or not!”
From The Guardian: “The strange and wonderful illustrator Elise Gravel has a new book out, The Mushroom Fan Club about mushrooms. That’s all I’m giving you. You’ll read it and like it.”