A Garden of Berries and Crows - Hardcover

by Rosalie Nyce (Author), Marie-Ève Turgeon (Illustrator)

Maeve loves crows. She likes to talk to the ghost of her late aunt while making origami crows that come to life.

But Maeve is always alone--until she meets Fern, a new student mourning the recent loss of her father. As their friendship blossoms, Maeve struggles to share her unique perspective of the world with Fern because Maeve is autistic. Yet it's through their friendship that Fern finds a creative way to honor her father's memory. Fern's drawings of her father's favorite plants bloom into living magic, joining Maeve's origami crows. Together the friends cultivate a magical garden--and an even more magical connection.

With heartfelt storytelling and tender illustrations, this moving picture book explores grief and resilience through nature, art, and the transformative power of friendship.

Author Biography

Rosalie Nyce is a mother, teacher, school counsellor and writer living on Gitxsan territory with her kids, partner, cat and two dogs. Rosalie spent several years on the spoken word poetry festival circuit and has formal degrees in music, psychology and education. Most importantly, she is a neurodivergent adult who once was a neurodivergent kid navigating grief and friendship. In her spare time, Rosalie can be found reading, eating berries or going for walks with her family.

An illustrator at heart since the age of five, Marie-Ève Turgeon decided to immerse herself in the world of the arts in her thirties. Throughout her evolution from artisan baker to stay-at-home mom to illustrator, her atypical journey has inspired her to create art with gentleness and simplicity. Marie-Ève lives surrounded by the forest, nature and love.