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1) Birdsong
Author
Language
English
Description
When a young girl moves from the country to a small town, she feels lonely and out of place. But soon she meets an elderly woman next door, who shares her love of nature and art. As the seasons change, can the girl navigate the failing health of her new friend? Acclaimed author and artist Julie Flett's textured images of birds, flowers, art, and landscapes bring vibrancy and warmth to this powerful story, which highlights the fulfillment of intergenerational...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hollis Woods has been in so many foster homes she can hardly remember them all. She even runs away from the Regans, the one family who offers her a home. When Hollis is sent to Josie, an elderly artist who is quirky and affectionate, she wants to stay. But Josie is growing more forgetful every day. If Social Services finds out, they'll take Hollis away and move Josie into a home. Well, Hollis Woods won't let anyone separate them. She's escaped the...
Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An elderly piano teacher takes a young music student under his wing and changes her life. This story is inspired by events in the life of Daniel Mergler - a wonderful musician who loved to teach and whose generous spirit inspires author and journalist David Gutnick to this day.
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A girl and her brother are spending summer vacation with their grandmother. Their troublemaker cousin, Robert, is there, too, and one day, he dares the kids to poke around what seems like an abandoned house. The kids have the fright of their lives when they think they see a ghost! But the ghost turns out to be Mr. Peterson, an old man who lives alone. The kids form a friendship with the old man and his old house. So they are devastated when Mr. Peterson...
8) The gardener
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
A series of letters relating what happens when, after her father loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her.
Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Siksika
Description
"Sstsikistsi aakaisinaakio'pa. Sstsikistsi aakaookatakio'pa. Sstsikistsi aakaiinihkio'pa. Sstsikistsi Naaahsa aakaiitsitapiitsinikiwa. Ma iinnakakiikoan aitsinikatooma mii maahsi manistsasiinakihp ki manistaikimmostiihpia."--Back cover.
"Naaahsa says art is a language everyone understands.... Sometimes we draw. Sometimes we bead. Sometimes we sing. Sometimes Naaahsa tells stories in Blackfoot. A young girl celebrates her grandmother's art, and the...
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