What an opening paragraph!

Temptation

by Cynthia Colosimo

She put the cup of tea down and eyed the apple. Round and bright, the colour spread from top to bottom, shading at the slightly tapered lower end, a bright green spot where a leaf had sheltered the skin from the light of the sun. Should it be flawed, or perfect in its redness? She chose perfect and turned it round so the green spot was hidden from view. With one deft stroke, she placed it in Adam’s hand – round and red. She pulled her head back to catch the effect.

Cynthia Colosimo was born in Thunder Bay.  She studied drawing and printmaking and now works as an illustrator. She lives on the coast of Labrador where she works on community and heritage projects.

The story was published in the magazine Stone Voices.

Anguti's Amulet

Award winning Anguti's Amulet, illustrated by Thunder Bay's Cynthia Colosimo continues to pick up rave reviews. This was sent from the PEI Guardian.

"Anguti's Amulet" is a collective creation by The Central Coast of Labrador Archaeology Partnership, translated (from Inuktitut to English or vice versa?) by Sophie Tuglavina, and illustrated by Cynthia
Colosimo, distributed by Flanker in St. John's, at $14.95.

Although "Anguti's Amulet" is a "made-up" story, as children used to say, it is firmly based on what Inuit elders in that region remember directly or from others and on some of the discoveries in the ruins of three early eighteenth-century Inuit houses. The second part of the book, in fact, consists of a detailed description of these houses, their outbuildings, their surroundings, and some of the artifacts found in and
around them. This part of the book will appeal to all ages up to one
hundred.

Apart from the many fine photographs and drawings, this section has an unique feature: a number of the artifacts illustrated appear in the pictures accompanying the story; the reader is asked to find which one
each is in. This makes "Anguti's Amulet" a valuable teaching tool in yet another way.

The story itself is straightforward and sometimes suspenseful, but it's the book's other features that make it memorable.