Marie-Louise Gay

Author of Stella, Queen of the Snow

52+ Works 3,421 Members 126 Reviews 2 Favorited

About the Author

Children's author and illustrator Marie-Louise Gay was born in Quebec City, Canada on June 17, 1952. While attending the Institute of Graphic Arts of Montreal, she decided graphic art was too restraining and transferred to the Montreal Museum School of Fine Art, where is majored in animation. She show more worked for various Canadian magazines doing editorial illustration and illustrated a children's book. In order to learn more about illustration, she attended the Academy of Art College in San Francisco for three years. She moved to Montreal, Canada and started illustrating children's books. In 1980, she decided to write and illustrate her own picture books. In 1984, she won the Canada Council Children's Literature Prize for illustration in both the English-language category for Lizzy's Lion and the French-language category for Drôle d'école. She won the Canadian Library Association Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon medal for Moonbeam on a Cat's Ear in 1987 and for Rainy Day Magic in 1988. The latter book also earned her the coveted Governor General's Award for illustration. She has also won the 2005 Vicky Metcalf Award, the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Mr. Christie's Book Award, and the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Marie-Louise Gay, mARIE GAY-LOUISE, Marie-Louise Gay (Read by), Illustratorin Marie-Louise Gay

Series

Stella

Travels with My Family

Princess Pistachio

Works by Marie-Louise Gay

Popular Recent

Stella, Queen of the Snow (2000) — Author — 663 copies, 11 reviews

Stella, Star of the Sea (1999) 582 copies, 45 reviews

Stella, Fairy of the Forest (2002) 257 copies, 6 reviews

Caramba (2005) 232 copies, 9 reviews

Stella, Princess of the Sky (2004) 218 copies, 5 reviews

When Stella Was Very, Very Small (2009) 164 copies, 8 reviews

Good Morning Sam (2003) 147 copies, 8 reviews

Good Night Sam (2003) 129 copies, 3 reviews

Any Questions? (2014) 116 copies, 6 reviews

Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth! (2010) 113 copies, 1 review

The Three Little Pigs (1994) 74 copies, 4 reviews

Travels with My Family (2006) 72 copies, 3 reviews

Mustafa (2018) 71 copies, 2 reviews

Read Me a Story, Stella (2013) 48 copies, 2 reviews

What Are You Doing, Sam? (2006) 45 copies

Rainy Day Magic (1986) 43 copies

Angel and the Polar Bear (1988) 40 copies

Short Stories for Little Monsters (2017) 33 copies, 3 reviews

Princess Pistachio (1998) 31 copies, 2 reviews

Moonbeam on a Cat's Ear (1986) 30 copies

Stella!: A Treasury (2012) 28 copies, 1 review

Caramba and Henry (2011) 26 copies, 1 review

Fat Charlie's Circus (1986) 24 copies, 1 review

On My Island (2000) 23 copies

Summer in the City (2012) 23 copies, 1 review

On the Road Again!: More Travels with My Family (2008) 21 copies

Fern and Horn (2019) 19 copies, 2 reviews

Willy Nilly (1990) 15 copies

Mademoiselle Moon (1992) 13 copies

Rumpelstiltskin (1997) 13 copies

Princess Pistachio and Maurice the Magnificent (2017) 12 copies

Princess Pistachio and the Pest (2007) 11 copies

The Traveling Circus (2015) 11 copies

Walking Trees (2024) 8 copies

Sam (2014) 8 copies

My Little Stella Library (2009) 8 copies

I’m Not Sydney! (2022) 7 copies, 1 review

Animal Tales: Favorite Stories from Chirp Magazine (2007) — Author & Illustrator — 6 copies

Rabbit Blue (1993) 6 copies

Midnight Mimi (2001) 5 copies

Por Favor, Elenor (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2009) 5 copies

Travels in Cuba (Travels with My Family) (2021) 4 copies, 1 review

The Three Brothers (2020) 3 copies

de zero a minuit (1981) 3 copies

Angel, Joey and the Boys: Three Stories (1992) 3 copies

Hopscotch (2023) 2 copies

Princess Pistachio Treasury (2018) 1 copy

Itsasoko Izarra (Haurren Aurrenak) (2007) 1 copy

Qui a peur de Loulou? : théâtre (1994) 1 copy

Caramba 1 copy

Gute Nacht, Theo. (Ab 3 J.). (2003) 1 copy

Stella en älva i skogen 1 copy

Work Explorer

Associated Works

Houndsley and Catina (2006) — Illustrator — 329 copies, 13 reviews

Houndsley and Catina and the Birthday Surprise (2006) — Illustrator — 227 copies, 6 reviews

Houndsley and Catina and the Quiet Time (2008) — Illustrator — 227 copies, 9 reviews

Yuck, A Love Story (2000) — Illustrator — 106 copies, 5 reviews

Houndsley and Catina: Plink and Plunk (2009) — Illustrator — 102 copies, 5 reviews

Lizzy's Lion (1984) — Illustrator — 42 copies, 1 review

Houndsley and Catina and Cousin Wagster (2018) — Illustrator — 38 copies, 12 reviews

When Vegetables Go Bad (1994) — Illustrator — 36 copies

Houndsley and Catina at the Library (2020) — Illustrator — 19 copies, 2 reviews

Mother Goose: A Sampler (1996) — Illustrator — 8 copies

Houndsley and Catina Through the Seasons (2018) — Illustrator — 7 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1952-06-17
Gender: female
Nationality: Canada
Places of residence: Québec City, Québec, Canada (birth)
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Awards and honors: Governor General's Literary Award (Children's Literature-Illustration)

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Reviews

Stella, queen of the snow by Marie-Louise Gay

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BooksInMirror | 10 other reviews | Feb 19, 2024 |

Caramba by Marie Louise Gay

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BooksInMirror | 8 other reviews | Feb 19, 2024 |

Stella: Star of the Sea by Marie-Louise Gay

Stella and her little brother are spending the day at the beach. Stella has been to the seashore before and knows all its secrets, but Sam still has a lot of questions. Does a moonsnail come from the moon? What can you buy with a sand dollar? Stella has answers for them all. The only thing she's not sure about is whether Sam will ever come into the water. Through exquisite watercolors, this book brings to life a perfect summer day and the sweet and funny relationship between an older sister and her baby brother.… (more)

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PlumfieldCH | 44 other reviews | Sep 22, 2023 |

Stella, Star of the Sea (Stella and Sam) by Marie-Louise Gay

This book is super creative. I think there’s a lot to unravel here for young readers. The illustrations are great as well

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Erindignam03 | 44 other reviews | Dec 17, 2022 |

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