A Walk on the Shoreline

About Rebecca Hainnu

Rebecca Hainnu lives in Clyde River with her daughters. Her work includes Math Activities for Nunavut Classrooms and Classifying Vertebrates. She is also the author of The Spirit of the Sea. Her book A Walk on the Tundra co-authoured with Anna Ziegler was a finalist for the 2013 Canadian Childrens Literature Round Table Information Book Award and was among the 2012 Best Books for Kids and Teens as selected by the Canadian Childrens Book Centre. Qin Leng was born in Shanghai and lived in France and Montreal. She now lives and works as a designer and illustrator in Toronto. Her father an artist himself was a great influence on her. She grew up surrounded by paintings and it became second nature for her to express herself through art. She graduated from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema and has received many awards for her animated short films and artwork. Qin has always loved to illustrate the innocence of children and has developed a passion for childrens books. She has illustrated numerous picture books for publishers in Canada the United States and South Korea.