Published children's books and reviews
When Heaven Smiled On Our World
First published 1992 Re-issued 2020
"This nostalgic story charmingly recreates the spirit of 1900s Laurentian Christmastide.
The soft watercolour tableau scenes are detailed and authentic."
What-cha Doing?
by Kim Renton 2019
What-cha Doing?
by Kim Renton 2019
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La Patate Cadeau - ou la «vraie» histoire de la poutine râpée
by Diane Carmel Léger
ENGLISH: Piau’s Potato Present - The "True" Story of the Poutine Rapee
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Reprint in Germany by
MONS Verlag
under the title:
Das Geschenk des Akadiers
oder Die wahre Geschichte
des Kartoffelkloßes
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Sélection Prix Hackmatack 2014, 2015, 2016
Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award
Mayann’s Train Ride
by the Honourable Mayann Francis 2015
En FRANÇAIS
Mayann prends le train
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Canadian Children's Book Centre
Black History Month
– Canadian Reading List for Kids & Teens
Shortlisted for:
Lillian Shepherd Award for
Excellence in Illustration 2016
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There's a Book for That
Where book love and the joy of a classroom community are shared
Apples and Butterflies
by Shauntay Grant 2012
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Driftwood Dragons and other seaside poems
by Tyne Brown 2012
Canadian Children's Book Centre
April 2014 Newsletter: National Poetry Month
Shortlisted for 2013-14 Hackmatack
Children’s Choice Book Award
Shortlisted for
Lillian Shepherd Award for Excellence in Illustration
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The Cat From Kosovo
by Mary Jane Hampton 2001
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Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award 2003
The Blue Boots
by Lorraine Drdul 2004
Follow Gus! He is a real tortoise, born in 1922!
About the real tortoise living at the
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
Goldilocks
&
The Three Bears
1989
Now out of print
Illustrations for Adult Books
Cover illustration and an inside illustration for
Unruly Princess
by Marcelle Thiébaux 2012 WestBow Press
Restoring the Acadian Forest
by Jamie Simpson First printed 2008 Res Telluris
Now a 2nd edition
I was hired to create a full body of illustrations, but only a few were used for a the final book on forestry management in the Canadian Eastern Maritimes.
Publications in which Tamara’s artwork has been featured:
Cover and back cover of
Canadian Women’s Studies
York University, ON Volume 17
Plus several paintings featured inside this issue
Cover of
Pandora magazine
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Vol. 7, Issue 3 – March 1993
