Lawson, JonArno
Summary: A little girl collects wildflowers while on a walk with her distracted father. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter. This wordless picture book, conceived by award-winning poet JonArno Lawson and beautifully brought to life by illustrator Sydney Smith, is an ode to the importance of small things,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2015
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Lawson 2015Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LAWLawson, JonArno
Summary: "A busload of beachgoers spills out onto the sand for a day of fun and frolic. Three siblings begin work on a castle, patting and shaping the sand as the sun arcs over the sky. Time and again, their progress is halted: a windswept hat topples their creation; a toddler ambles through it; the tide creeps close, and then too close. Meeting each demolition with fresh determination, the builders...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LAWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LAWLawson, JonArno
Summary: "A lonely little girl and her grandparent need to fill the run-down apartment in their building. But taking over the quarters above their store will mean major renovations for the new occupants, and none of the potential renters can envision the possibilities of the space--until one special couple shows up. With their ingenuity, the little girl's big heart, and heaps of hard work, the desperate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021