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Step into the Land of Pindrop where Hush Laws keep everyone quiet. Very quiet. The melancholy ruler, Frilo, has decreed that even birds are not allowed to sing. Meet young Aurora who hears beautiful music in her head. While she does her whispering lessons like other good children and wears her Hush Cloth, she dreams of a day when everyone will ma... More

Step into the Land of Pindrop where Hush Laws keep everyone quiet. Very quiet. The melancholy ruler, Frilo, has decreed that even birds are not allowed to sing. Meet young Aurora who hears beautiful music in her head. While she does her whispering lessons like other good children and wears her Hush Cloth, she dreams of a day when everyone will make joyful sound again. Into this silent land, comes the mysterious Zantalalia. Banished to the Water World because she refused to stop singing, she has secretly returned in time for the Sunwatch holiday with a precious gift for Aurora. Now it will take all the courage Aurora can muster to get past the dreaded Captain Nizzle of the Noise Police and convince Frilo to lift the shroud of silence.

The Song Spinner novel received the Canadian Children's Book Centre Choice Award. The family movie, The Song Spinner, starring Patti Lupone, John Neville and Brent Carver, was nominated for 3 Emmy awards (one for Best Writing) and the writer, Pauline Le Bel won a Cable ACE Award for Best Writing in a Children's Special. The film also received numerous international film festival awards. The Song Spinner is also a radio drama, and a play for young people.

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