Gillian Newland
is an artist based in Toronto, Ontario. She works mostly in watercolor, ink and pencils.

"In this celebration of the winds of the world, poet Barbara Nickel embeds a subtle message of global unity and peace. . . Nickel's poetry is stunning, vibrant with verbs and gerunds. . . The pictures are energetic and give us information about the various locations."
— Quill and Quire

"A beautiful story about where the wind lives. . . Young readers will enjoy learning about the wind in this rhythmic picture book."
— KidsBookshelf

"A Boy Asked the Wind should be on every school and child's bookshelf as a powerful read about nature's airstreams but more as the supremacy of wind to shape our worlds and those of others."
— CanLit for LittleCanadians

"Libraries contain several books on tornadoes and hurricanes, but this is the first book I have seen for young people which discusses other types of winds. The long, rectangular pages of the story are illustrated with double page spreads. They look painterly in design. The shape and pattern of the visible winds match the descriptive words in the author's text."
— Resource Links Magazine

"As an award-winning poet, Barbara Nickel brings a sophisticated, nuanced elegance to the text, making A Boy Asked the Wind more than merely a study in meteorology. . . Gillian Newland's watercolour illustrations vividly capture the changing personality of the wind, as well as the very different landscapes.
Highly Recommended."
— CM Magazine

Shortlisted for the 2016 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards in the Children's Picture Book Award category

2017 Rocky Mountain Book Award nominee

Chocolate Lily Book Award nominee

Part of Vancouver's 2016 Reading Lights program

On the Fall 2016 edition of the CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens, starred selection