Everything on a Waffle

Eleven-year-old Primrose is having a difficult time. Her parents have been lost at sea, but she knows somewhere, deep inside herself that they are still alive. While she waits for them to return, she must move in with her Uncle Jack. He's not exactly the most friendly guy, so Primrose finds comfort at the local restaurant called The Girl on the Red Swing. The owner, Kate, serves everything on a waffle, even fish and pasta.

But despite her quirkiness, she becomes a wonderful friend to Primrose, teaching her how to cook, listening to her problems and giving her sage advice.

Through a mixture of eccentric humour and probing philosophy, Polly Horvath makes Primrose's search for peace and understanding a most memorable one.

Recipes included!(FromGroundwood Books)

Name a children's literary award and Polly Horvath has probably won it. In addition to the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, which recognizes a children's book author's entire body of work,and the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, which is for the best Canadian children's book published in a given year,she's the only Canadian to have a book nameda Newbery Honor Book.

Interviews with Polly Horvath