Two Crows

This melodious read-aloud reimagines the haunting Scottish Gaelic ballad Twa Corbies as a child-friendly counting book. Two Crows follows a country dweller and their dog on a cold November’s day as they observe the wild, wooded landscape all around them. Young readers will delight in observing the crows’ strange behaviour as they bitter and squawk, chatter and talk, while rabbling with a rabbit, squabbling with a squirrel, and howling at a hound. As readers watch the crows come and go, they will find themselves counting up to ten and back down again. With stunning, spare verse from the award-winning author of Loon and Hawks Kettle, Puffins Wheel and folk art–inspired artwork by Emma FitzGerald, the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award–nominated illustrator of EveryBody’s Different on EveryBody Street and A Pocket of Time, Two Crows is a lilting tale to warm the heart on cold winter nights.

Susan Vande Griek started writing for children after she had four of her own. One of her books, Loon, was named a USBBY Outstanding International Book and won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction, and the Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award. Others include Go Home Bay, An Owl at Sea and Hawks Kettle, Puffins Wheel. She has also written poems for Cricket magazine. With degrees in English Literature and Education, she has worked in several schools and libraries. Once a resident of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Susan currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Emma FitzGerald is an author and illustrator. Her first book, Hand Drawn Halifax documents the city where she has spent the bulk of her adult life, while Hand Drawn Vancouver  explores the city she grew up in. Emma's children's book illustrations include EveryBody's Different on EveryBody Street written by Sheree Fitch, recently translated into Sur La Rue de Tout-le-Monde by Marie Cadieux, A Pocket of Time: The Poetic Childhood of Elizabeth Bishop, which was shortlisted for the Elizabeth Mrazik Cleaver Award in 2020, and City Streets are for People written by Andrea Curtis. She makes her home in Lunenburg, NS.