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Town is by the sea / Joanne Schwartz ; pictures by Sydney Smith.
LIBRA PZ7.S4079 To 2017
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwartz, Joanne (Joanne F.), 1960- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coal miners--Juvenile fiction.
- Coal miners.
- City and town life--Juvenile fiction.
- City and town life.
- Coal mines and mining--Juvenile fiction.
- Coal mines and mining.
- Cities and towns--Juvenile fiction.
- Cities and towns.
- Boys--Juvenile fiction.
- Boys.
- Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction.
- Fathers and sons.
- Sea stories.
- Children of coal miners.
- Ocean mining.
- Nova Scotia.
- Ocean mining--Juvenile fiction.
- Children of coal miners--Juvenile fiction.
- Coal mines and mining--Fiction.
- Cities and towns--Fiction.
- Boys--Fiction.
- Fathers and sons--Fiction.
- Picture books.
- Picture books for children.
- Nova Scotia--Juvenile fiction.
- Local Subjects:
- Picture books.
- Picture books for children.
- Genre:
- Sea stories.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Picture books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Throughout his day, a young boy thinks of his father who is working in the coal mine that is located underneath the ocean.
- "A young boy wakes up to the sound of the sea, visits his grandfather's grave after lunch and comes home to a simple family dinner, but all the while his mind strays to his father digging for coal deep down under the sea."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "Published in Canada and the USA in 2017 by Groundwood Books"--Copyright page.
- Boston Globe/Horn Book Picture Book Honor, 2017
- School Library Journal's Best Books, 2017
- Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2017
- Horn Book Fanfare List, 2017
- CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Winner, 2018
- Other Format:
- Schwartz, Joanne (Joanne F.), 1960- Town is by the sea./.
- ISBN:
- 9781554988716
- 1554988713
- OCLC:
- 954430153
- Publisher Number:
- 99987197281
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