Bagels from Benny

Aubrey Davis

Dušan Petričić

2003

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Aubrey Davis

b. 1949

A retired oral language teacher for special-needs students, Canadian-born Aubrey Davis is a storyteller and children’s author. He lives in Toronto and was the recipient of the 2003 Sydney Taylor Book Award and the 2004 Canadian Jewish Book Awards Children’s Literature Prize.

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Dušan Petričić

b. 1946

Born in Belgrade, Dušan Petričić is an award-winning children’s book designer and illustrator. Petričić has illustrated dozens of children’s books, including In the Tree, Mattland, and My Family Tree and Me. His editorial illustrations have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Toronto Star. He is the winner, with author Kathy Stinson, of the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award for The Man with the Violin.

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