“Tara Walker at Tundra Books has acquired Fox Fairies by Elly MacKay, a picture book about sisters Celeste and Miriam and their search for magic, and The Island of Wild Horses, a picture book about the horses who call Sable Island home. Publication is planned for summer 2027 and 2028 respectively; Emily van Beek at Folio Jr./Folio Literary Management sold world rights.”
I am late to share this here as I have already been working on these. I am so excited to be working with Tara Walker at Tundra Books on another 2 picture books, Fox Fairies and The Island of Wild Horses.
Fox Fairies is set in a backyard rambling garden and I have had the most wonderful time sketching away in a couple of gardens, imagining these fox sisters playing. This summer I went a with an artist friend, Kristine Moran to Moreland Place. It is on the edge of town near Inglis Falls. We both work so differently. It was wonderful to spend time with another artist and see how she worked and what inspired her. The other garden that is a reoccurring spot for my stories is Keppel Croft Gardens in Big Bay. It is where I spent so much of my time growing up.
