author/illustrator: Wai Mei Wong and Kornelija Žalpyté
ages: 5+
40 pages
20.3 x 27.9 cm
hardcover
French/English
Comme des géants (Canada)
Rights sold: English (world), Italian
If I Discover a New Path
A poetic manifesto, filled with wonderment, about embracing the many adventures on life’s path.
Have you ever stood face to face with an opportunity to do something truly amazing - or something outside your comfort zone, or even just something fun - and simply said, “why not?”
Delicately written with care, this story holds our hand through one life’s journey and reminds us of the wonderment that awaits us when we’re willing to experience it
IN THE MEDIA
★ "The art, in saturated greens and oxide reds, is both sophisticated in proportions and simple in design. The graceful, accessible text pairs hypotheticals (“If I return home”) and rhetorical questions for a philosophical tone that escapes hectoring, using an analogy to life events that is transparent but not tedious. Life coaching condensed into a dozen gentle precepts." — Kirkus Reviews
THE AUTHOR
Wai Mei Wong is a Canadian chilhood educator and children's books author. With her previous works ("Hello Dark", "I Love Myself") she was shorlisted for the 2022 IODE Jean Throop Book Award and made the 2022 CCBC Spring Best Books for Kids & Teens Selection. In 2024, she was featured on CBC Television Kids Book Club, Canada. Born in Hong Kong, Mei now lives in Toronto.
THE ILLUSTRATOR
Kornelija Žalypité is an educator and illustrator from Lithuania. Through her work, she likes to draw nature, bugs, animals, child and love mixing her media - acrylic, gouache, watercolors, colored pencils, oil pastels and water soluble crayons, markers... She was exhibited at the Bologna Illustrators' Exhibition. Her book "Hipocampus Unicornus", written by Jurga Vilė and published by 700 eilučių, was selected for inclusion in The BRAW Amazing Bookshelf in 2025.