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These are stories that need to be told and stories that need to be read.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_3_Auth":"Dan Levy","OtherText_Accolades_4":"\u003cp\u003eThis memoir is indeed written in fire: it can warm and it can scorch.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_4_Auth":"Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything","OtherText_Accolades_5":"\u003cp\u003eBrandi Morin is a remarkable writer and a true original, her unique and clarion voice ringing out in the crowded field of contemporary journalism. This memoir is indeed written in fire: it can warm and it can scorch. And it casts a circle of light in the darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_5_Auth":"Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything","OtherText_Accolades_6":"\u003cp\u003eAn indispensable memoir from one of the most informative voices in contemporary journalism.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_6_Auth":"Waubgeshig Rice, author of Moon of the Crusted Snow","OtherText_Accolades_7":"\u003cp\u003eAn indispensable memoir from one of the most informative voices in contemporary journalism. Brandi Morin’s life story is one of dedication and triumph in spite of the many traumas inflicted upon Indigenous women by the settler colonial state. Through it all, her truth and hope persevere. This book will influence and inspire communities everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_7_Auth":"Waubgeshig Rice, author of Moon of the Crusted Snow","OtherText_Accolades_8":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem \u003eOur Voice of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand Canada in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_8_Auth":"Christopher Curtis, journalist and co-founder of The Rover","OtherText_Accolades_9":"\u003cp\u003eBrandi Morin is a writer at the height of her powers, fighting to reclaim Canadian history for those whose memory has been crushed under the weight of it. 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Our Voice of Fire
A wildfire of a debut memoir by internationally recognized French/Cree/Iroquois journalist Brandi Morin set to transform the narrative around Indigenous Peoples.
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{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781487007461","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781487009571","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781487010409","BASICMainSubject":"FIC029000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"FICTION \/ Short Stories","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong \u003eSAEED TEEBI\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and lawyer based in Toronto. His story “Her First Palestinian” was shortlisted for the 2021 CBC Short Story Prize. He was born to Palestinian parents in Kuwait and, after spending time in Connecticut and California, has lived in Canada since 1993.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"FICTION \/ Short Stories","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"FICTION \/ World Literature \/ Middle East \/ General","BISACSubject_0":"FIC029000","BISACSubject_1":"FIC111000","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong \u003eSAEED TEEBI\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and lawyer based in Toronto. His story “Her First Palestinian” was shortlisted for the 2021 CBC Short Story Prize. 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The 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology
The prestigious and highly anticipated annual anthology of the best Canadian and international poetry from the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist.
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And it is informed always by a sprawling curiosity and deep humanity, which make it an affirming, and deeply moving read.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Guardian","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003eKrasnostein walks a very careful line between religion and belief, with forays into both the divine and devastation. 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Krasnostein offers her own elegant version of this when she writes that ‘there is much more in the world than wind and wave.'\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_11_Auth":"Ottawa Citizen","OtherText_Review_11_Src":"Ottawa Citizen","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003eA sympathetic inquiry into the vicissitudes of faith.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003eThe author has the rare combination of skills that allows her to not only build enough trust and rapport with her interview subjects that they will reveal intimate details about their lives, but to also distil a person down to their essence and put that on the page in a way that is simultaneously informative, sensitive and enthralling . . . The true strength of \u003cem\u003eThe Believer \u003c\/em\u003eis in each compellingly rendered story . . . 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It is nothing short of astounding!","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"WellRead","OtherText_Review_6":"Krasnostein writes beautifully, and emerges as a thoughtful and compassionate observer … The Believer is, in many ways, my favourite kind of book: one that requires a little extra attention and engagement, calling on the reader as an active participant in its project of making meaning … The result is a meditative and intensely rewarding reading experience, the impact of which lingers long after the final page.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"West Australian","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003eSarah Krasnostein, who blew us all away with her fantastic book The Trauma Cleaner, brings her inquisitive nature and empathetic way with people to her new book \u003cem\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e … By seeking such disparate subjects, Krasnostein has woven the threads of their stories, and their very different belief systems, into a tapestry that is rich with life, love, and stories. I expect this will be running off the shelves, and deservedly so.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Readings","OtherText_Review_8":"[Sarah Krasnostein] listens and records and keeps going back for more until she has built up a picture, complete with all the subtleties that human emotion, faith, and intellect offer …There is no judgement here, just the healthy scepticism of an inquiring mind willing to listen, even when the encounters make her uncomfortable or challenge her own theories and convictions.","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Herald Sun","OtherText_Review_9":"A fascinating journey, with an erudite, compulsively reflective companion.","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"InDaily","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"From award-winning author Sarah Krasnostein comes a book about ghosts and gods and flying saucers and certainty in the absence of knowledge.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2022-03-01","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"From award-winning author Sarah Krasnostein comes a book about ghosts and gods and flying saucers and certainty in the absence of knowledge.","Subtitle":"Encounters with the Beginning, the End, and Our Place in the Middle","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
The Believer
From award-winning author Sarah Krasnostein comes a book about ghosts and gods and flying saucers and certainty in the absence of knowledge.
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{"id":6840973819963,"title":"My Grief, the Sun","handle":"my-grief-the-sun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe highly anticipated debut collection from acclaimed poet Sanna Wani.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn Sanna Wani’s poems, each verse is ode and elegy. The body is the page, time is a friend, and every voice, a soul. Sharply political and frequently magical, these often-intimate poems reach for everything from Hayao Miyazaki’s 1997 film \u003cem\u003ePrincess Mononoke \u003c\/em\u003eto German Orientalist scholarship on early Islam. From concrete to confessional, exegesis to erasure, the Missinnihe river in Canada to the Zabarwan mountains in Kashmir, \u003cem\u003eMy Grief, the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e undoes genre, listens carefully to the planet’s breathing, addresses an endless and ineffable you, and promises enough joy and sorrow to keep growing.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-04-25T13:44:09-04:00","created_at":"2022-04-25T13:40:59-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult BIPOC Voices","Adult New Releases","Adult Poetry","By (author) Wani Sanna","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2022-04-05"],"price":1699,"price_min":1699,"price_max":1999,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40318559911995,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487010843","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"My Grief, the Sun - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1999,"weight":214,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487010843","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40318559944763,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487010850","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"My Grief, the Sun - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487010850","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/3374\/9051\/products\/BNCImageAPI_edbaea5a-15f5-40f5-a58a-8f0676cbf58c.jpg?v=1655628064"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/3374\/9051\/products\/BNCImageAPI_edbaea5a-15f5-40f5-a58a-8f0676cbf58c.jpg?v=1655628064","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22243484139579,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":2400,"width":1800,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/3374\/9051\/products\/BNCImageAPI_edbaea5a-15f5-40f5-a58a-8f0676cbf58c.jpg?v=1655628064"},"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/3374\/9051\/products\/BNCImageAPI_edbaea5a-15f5-40f5-a58a-8f0676cbf58c.jpg?v=1655628064","width":1800}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe highly anticipated debut collection from acclaimed poet Sanna Wani.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn Sanna Wani’s poems, each verse is ode and elegy. The body is the page, time is a friend, and every voice, a soul. Sharply political and frequently magical, these often-intimate poems reach for everything from Hayao Miyazaki’s 1997 film \u003cem\u003ePrincess Mononoke \u003c\/em\u003eto German Orientalist scholarship on early Islam. From concrete to confessional, exegesis to erasure, the Missinnihe river in Canada to the Zabarwan mountains in Kashmir, \u003cem\u003eMy Grief, the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e undoes genre, listens carefully to the planet’s breathing, addresses an endless and ineffable you, and promises enough joy and sorrow to keep growing.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Each poem enveloped me with so much tenderness it was as if \u003cem\u003eI \u003c\/em\u003ewere the sun! The theological music that courses throughout the book was not a narrowing toward some esoteric knowledge but rather an opening toward a collective sense of enmeshment with the inscrutable world. This book is a necessary reminder that ‘there is something inside \/ [us] that says live.’ \u003cem\u003eMy Grief, the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e is a wonder and a delight.” — Billy-Ray Belcourt, author of \u003cem\u003eThis Wound Is a World \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eNDN Coping Mechanisms\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“I read Sanna Wani’s \u003cem\u003eMy Grief, the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e with a highlighter in my hand, and by the time I was done, it was nearly out of ink. I could not stop loving lines, wanting to be sure I remembered them always. They progress with such sureness into marvelous and unexpected directions: ‘God climbs so many trees. Religion is a ladder. We are meant to help Him down.’ Over and over, Wani practices the act of artful surrender to each poem’s strange, budding logic. That she can do so with such apparent ease is astonishing. That we get to witness the places her gorgeous poems take her is a profound gift. I’m wonderstruck.” — Heather Christle, author of \u003cem\u003eHeliopause\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Trees The Trees\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Mapping us through time, space, and geography, Sanna Wani’s debut collection \u003cem \u003eMy Grief, the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e spins a web of various griefs and loves. 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A dome does not have orientation unless it is toward the sky,’ Wani writes, and pointing her eyes to the sky, and with incredible vision, makes even the tiniest detail visible.” — Fatimah Asghar, author of \u003cem \u003eIf They Come for Us\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAnticipated debut from a talented young poet.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eWani is poet living in and writing about the timely issue of Kashmir; she has written about the region in both poetry and prose, including an essay in Time magazine.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003eWani has put her entire self—all her grief, all her unexpressed love, and poured it into this white and yellow bound gift for those of us who need it the most—the grief-stricken, filled to the brim with endless love.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Auth":"Porter House Review","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Porter House Review","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003eBeautiful and fresh ... this is a collection that finds delight in life, and its delight is contagious in the best way.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"The Miramichi Reader","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"The Miramichi Reader","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003eSanna Wani’s \u003cem\u003eMy Grief, the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e makes such a convincing case for astonishment as a way of life. 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My Grief, the Sun
The highly anticipated debut collection from acclaimed poet Sanna Wani.
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In poems at once surreal, satiric, and tender, we encounter a cast of surprising non-human characters — the bear who sells herbal remedies, the politically influential lizard, the mean butterfly — yet at the core of this book is Harvey’s impulse to confront the challenges of human intimacy. \u003cem \u003eLet the World Have You\u003c\/em\u003e is a vibrant report on the ways in which we are delightfully, awkwardly, heartbreakingly entangled: with each other, with the environment we inhabit, and with the psychological environments that inhabit us.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781487010690","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781487010690\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"96","OtherText_Accolades_0":"\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR MIKKO HARVEY AND \u003cem\u003eLET THE WORLD HAVE YOU\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Dazzling, heartfelt poems populated by inventive narrative and uncanny imagery. \u003cem \u003eLet the World Have You \u003c\/em\u003eis a treasure trove of playfully serious odes to being.” — Mark Leidner, author of \u003cem \u003eReturning the Sword to the Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Mikko Harvey is a poet with a quirky sensibility. To me, his casual, melancholic, funny poems are like sugar water for the hummingbird.” — Henri Cole, author of \u003cem \u003eBlizzard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR MIKKO HARVEY AND \u003cem\u003eUNSTABLE NEIGHBOURHOOD RABBIT\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n“Bizarre but compelling, Harvey’s poetic ‘playground’ is fascinating territory.” ― \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n“A startling debut.” ― \u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n“Lively, sometimes intense, and linguistically inventive.” ― \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n“All words are adult, said Maurice Blanchot. And this book is saying to words (like ‘nature’) die! *gently* die! And be born again: babies, children, reindeer. So, don't read this book if you don’t want to think like a child (and don’t read it if you don't think childthought is absolutely magnified). Don’t read this book if you don’t want to lose your I. Don’t read this book if you don’t want to cry.” ― Darcie Dennigan, author of \u003cem\u003eMadame X\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePalace of Subatomic Bliss\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n“In \u003cem\u003eUnstable Neighbourhood Rabbit\u003c\/em\u003e, as it should be the case, natural elements act like neighbours and old friends, people act like animals, animals act like people, names determine fate, rice and goats and bowls determine how we interpret the world, our palms control our thinking, our imaginations are celebrated and called upon to take responsibility for what they call into existence, our imaginations transform us as necessary, everything is a sign, everything is heroic and epic and fragile, everything matters, the wind can undo our shoelaces.” — Dara Wier, award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eReverse Rapture\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nPRAISE FOR MIKKO HARVEY\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n“[Harvey] is able to transform ordinary experiences into revelations about the world and our place within it. These poems blend humor and observation, often in close proximity, and make excellent use of voice, whether spoken or filtered through narration. A thoroughly commendable series of poems, and I am thankful for having the opportunity to read them.” — Mary Biddinger, author of \u003cem\u003eA Sunny Place with Adequate Water\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSmall Enterprise\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n“The author of these poems has an energy that promises a life in poetry and also delights this reader. The poems are witty, smart, fun, and written with authority … they are memorable. I kept coming back to them and enjoying them all over again … maybe the best test of all for the best poetry.” — Kelly Cherry, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Woman Who\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Retreats of Thought\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eMikko’s first collection, \u003cem\u003eUnstable Neighbourhood Rabbit\u003c\/em\u003e, was highly acclaimed and well reviewed upon its original release.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eAccessible! The poems in this collection appeal to readers who don’t usually like poetry: they are surreal, funny, and creepy.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003eThere’s magic here, a towering and welcoming imagination, the best kind, the kind that takes your hand into strange places, knows that fear makes sense, and helps you see what’s here.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Auth":"The Boston Globe","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"The Boston Globe","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003eStrange and sly, the poems in Mikko Harvey’s collection \u003cem \u003eLet the World Have You\u003c\/em\u003e are mocking, hopeful, and entertaining … Moving from the absurd image to the sharp and piercing comment, Harvey’s poems are always a pleasure here.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"The Miramichi Reader","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"The Miramichi Reader","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003eDazzling, heartfelt poems populated by inventive narrative and uncanny imagery. \u003cem \u003eLet the World Have You \u003c\/em\u003eis a treasure trove of playfully serious odes to being.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Mark Leidner, author of Returning the Sword to the Stone","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003eMikko Harvey is a poet with a quirky sensibility. 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Let the World Have You
Gerald Lampert Memorial Award finalist Mikko Harvey’s second collection takes readers into a kaleidoscopic world that is and is not the world we know.
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The Sultan of Sarawak
Ava Lee clashes with the most powerful family in Malaysian Borneo in this exhilarating new thriller from bestselling author Ian Hamilton.
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I Am Because We Are
In this innovative memoir, a daughter tells the story of her mother, a pan-African hero who faced down misogyny and battled corruption in Nigeria.
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Nothing Could Be Further from the Truth
In stories both absurd and all-too-real, Christopher Evans paints a portrait of the uncanniness of modern life.
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Charlie Angus uncovers how Canada’s mining dominance feeds the world’s hunger for cobalt, a mineral with a horrific present and troubled history.
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Burying the Moon
A beautifully illustrated novel in verse about a young Indian girl who tackles the taboos around sanitation in her village.
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Two at the Top
Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary each tell their story, culminating in their thrilling ascent of Mount Everest.
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Anthony and the Gargoyle
A boy befriends a baby gargoyle in this magical wordless story in graphic-novel style from award-winning creators Jo Ellen Bogart and Maja Kastelic.
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to 10
/ grades 2
to 5
Forever Truffle
A new graphic novel from Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault, co-creators of Jane, the Fox and Me and Louis Undercover.
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Time to Shine
Let yourself be dazzled by creatures around the world in this brilliant nonfiction picture book about iridescence.
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I’m Not Sydney!
Sydney and his friends gather outside to play, transforming one by one to climb, leap, lumber and soar into a shared jungle of their imagination.
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When I Listen to Silence
When a child is asked to “Please, be quiet!” they sit silent … and their imagination sweeps them away on a breathtaking journey.
