Status
Available
Call number
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JP MCF
Collection
Description
This gorgeously illustrated picture book is a celebration of summer vacation and West Coast island life. Every day is different on Gran's island in the Salish Sea as granddaughter climbs big-leaf maples, eats blackberries, explores tide pools and sandstone caves and examines ancient middens and petroglyphs. She and Gran watch harbor seals sunning themselves and Gran's neighbor carving an eagle out of a piece of cedar while drinking fresh nettle tea. And on her way home, our young narrator sees a pod of orcas, breaching, tail lobbing and spy-hopping as she says goodbye to the island for another summer.
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Publication
Orca Book Publishers (2018), 32 pages
Original language
English
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User reviews
LibraryThing member LibrarianRyan
This book reminds me of home. I grew up in Puget Sound picking berries, swimming in the sea, and coming the beaches. I was also sent to grandmothers many summers. But I am an adult, and while this book is like a trip down memory lane, it's not one I would pick up to read at storytime. It’s a
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little long, and a bit boring. And while nostalgia is great for me, for a larger audience, I’m not sure it will pay as strongly. Show Less
LibraryThing member Carlathelibrarian
What a great book to read children when learning about Canada and different areas in the country. Using a young girl visiting her grandmother on an island in the Salish Sea, you will see how the people live, what the land is like, what types of animals and plants are found. This is also a great
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story to share between grandmothers and their grandchildren about spending a fun summer together. My grandson is only four, so he didn't appreciate this story as much as children 6 and up would. The illustrations are amazing. Each one looks like a watercolour that could be framed and hung on a wall. They are gorgeous. A great picture book for any library. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book via Netgalley. Show Less
ISBN
1459813456 / 9781459813458