A Growling Place

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A Growling Place
Cover from A Growling Place (2007)
Author	Thomas Aquinas Maguire
Illustrator	Thomas Aquinas Maguire
Cover artist	Thomas Aquinas Maguire
Country	Canada
Genre(s)	Children's picture book
Publisher	Simply Read Books
Publication date	August 28, 2007
Media type	Watercolor and Graphite
Pages	32
ISBN	(ISBN 978-1894965743)

A Growling Place is a book written and illustrated by Thomas Aquinas Maguire, published on August 28, 2007 by Simply Read Books in Vancouver Canada.

[edit] Book Description

The story of a young girl named Aril is told primarily with long horizontal images and few words. Though it is a picture book A Growling Place makes use of chapters - each chapter name is a simple concept in the progression of the story and is highlighted in the sentence in which it appears. This technique is used to bring distinction to the scenes without interrupting the pacing. Themes include loneliness, imagination and empowerment. The book uses rhyme and listing to create a playful language that is contrasted with a dark saturated illustration style.