Tilley, a black lab, is born with a tail solely true hockey followers may love, and is welcomed into the world of hockey, full of people that settle for her for being distinctive.
Tilley’s Tail was written by Shannon Melanson and illustrated by Danelle Vautour.
We enter the story comforted by the mild language describing the ambiance of the tree farm the place Tilley is born.
“On the outskirts of a small city, the place winter was crisp and snow sparkled like diamonds, a tree farm stretched throughout the land.”
Timber crest over the horizon, softening right into a dream-like haze, as we discover the farmer’s canine tucked into her mattress of hay, heat, regardless of being surrounded by snow.
My coronary heart melts on the pages of puppies smiling and taking part in collectively, the clear and lineless artwork model and colors help in delivering the tonality of the story as mushy and heat. That’s how you are feeling when studying this e book.
There’s hope when the pages open up with shiny colors on the first sight of Tilley’s new life, and she or he finds acceptance from two hockey-loving ladies and their household, who discover and love Tilley regardless of her variations, and her world opens up into one thing a lot bigger than herself as a result of her new household selected to find out how her tail made her distinctive.
Tilley’s Tail is a candy and touching youngsters’s e book. The theme is direct in a method that you simply naturally see the place the story will progress, which lends itself to an viewers that wishes to take pleasure in a heartwarming story about their two biggest loves—canine and hockey.
The art work, very similar to the writing, is evident in the way it units the tone of the web page and delivers the plot. The lineless artwork model emphasizes the usage of kind and color, which signify the ambiance within the textual content by way of the usage of shiny or gloomy color palettes.
The message of taking an opportunity on somebody who’s totally different and loving them no matter these variations is a crucial message carried alongside on this e book, which I discover to be a essential theme in our present local weather, and is a worthwhile lesson for younger readers to grasp.
Tilley’s Tail can be printed in November 2025. Pre-order your copy of Tilley’s Tail here.
Pictures and textual content copyright of Monster Home Publishing, Shannon Melanson (textual content), and Danelle Vautour (pictures).
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Shannon Melanson
Shannon Melanson is a trainer and proud sports activities mother dwelling in Atlantic Canada. When she’s not on the rink or on the sector, she enjoys portray, studying, mountaineering, and whisking her household away on spontaneous adventures.
Danelle Vautour
Danelle Vautour is an Acadian illustrator and graphic designer. She studied at each UNB and NBCCD to obtain a Bachelor’s of Utilized Arts diploma, and spent her fifth yr of research finishing a graphic design diploma on the craft faculty. Vautour was born and raised in Saint-Charles, New Brunswick, a small rural neighborhood close to the ocean, and now lives in Fredericton. In her free time, she loves attempting to study new creative mediums, comparable to embroidery and portray.
