Julie Morstad


Julie Morstad is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books.

Career

After coming to the attention of Simply Read Books publisher Dimiter Savoff through her work in the Vancouver arts scene, Morstad was asked to illustrate Sara O'Leary's When You Were Small in 2006. Morstad made her authorial debut in 2013 with How To, published by Simply Read Books.

Awards and nominations

Morstad illustrated When You Were Small, which won the 2006 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. She is a three-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration, receiving nods at the 2013 Governor General's Awards for How To, at the 2014 Governor General's Awards for Julia, Child, and at the 2022 Governor General's Awards for Time Is a Flower. How To and Time is a Flower also won the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. In 2019, she won the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for Bloom. It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way was nominated for the 2020 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award.

Personal life

Morstad has a brother named Paul. At age 20, she gave birth to her first child.

Works

When You Were Small – Illustrator, written by Sara O'LearyMilk Teeth – IllustratorWhere You Came From – Illustrator, written by Sara O'LearyWhen I Was Small – Illustrator, written by Sara O'LearyThe Wayside – IllustratorThe Swing – Illustrator, written by Robert Louis StevensonHow To – Writer and illustratorJulia, Child – Illustrator, written by Kyo MaclearThis Is Sadie, – Illustrator, written by Sara O'LearySwan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova – Illustrator, written by Laurel SnyderSometimes We Think You Are a Monkey – Illustrator, written by Johanna Skibsrud and Sarah BlackerToday – Writer and illustratorWhen Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons – Illustrator, written by Julie FoglianoSinging Away the Dark – Illustrator, written by Caroline WoodwardBloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli – Illustrator, written by Kyo MaclearThe Dress and the Girl – Illustrator, written by Camille AndrosHouse of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery – Illustrator, written by Liz RosenbergIt Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way – Illustrator, written by Kyo MaclearShow Me A Sign – Illustrator, written by Ann Clare LeZotteGirl on a Motorcycle – Illustrator, written by Amy NoveskyTime is a Flower – Writer and illustrator
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