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{"id":7329572585531,"title":"The Hand of Iman","handle":"the-hand-of-iman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner, Robert-Cliche First Novel Award\u003cbr\u003e\nFinalist, Governor General's Award for French-language Fiction \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreaming is a luxury that few can afford. And yet, however inadvisedly, Iman dreams.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an unnamed African country devoured by rampant urbanization and haunted by the mirages of Western prosperity, where for a few CFA francs a child can be bought and sold into slavery, Toumani's earliest education is in the tolerance of suffering. 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The Hand of Iman
In this award-winning debut novel, dreaming is a luxury that few can afford. And yet, however inadvisedly, Iman dreams.
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to 12
/ grades 3
to 7
The Sunshine Project
In the final book in the Book Uncle trilogy, Anil faces a dilemma when the city decides to build a solar panel factory on the site of a mangrove forest.
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and up
/ grades 6
and up
Jump at Home: Grade 6
Give your child the tools and the confidence to master math with John Mighton's revolutionary JUMP at Home Math workbook for Grade 6.
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Walking Trees
Lily wants a tree for her birthday. She promises to water him every day. But even Lily can't imagine how their daily walks will change the street!
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Her trip comes to a frenzied and dangerous end, but not without a glimmer of hope of how to be at peace with her sister—and herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy turns diasporic family saga, bildungsroman, and terse sexual awakening, \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e asks: What are we willing to do for family, and what are we willing to do to feel at home?\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-07-27T13:20:33-04:00","created_at":"2023-05-08T16:35:34-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult BIPOC Voices","Adult LGBTQ+","By (author) Cooke Christina","House of Anansi Press","Literary Fiction","pub date: 2024-01-23"],"price":1899,"price_min":1899,"price_max":2299,"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":41234854969403,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487012762","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Broughtupsy - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2299,"weight":272,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487012762","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":41234856050747,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487012779","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Broughtupsy - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1899,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487012779","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fed4afdf-c3b6-4f84-972e-3a03d5475964.jpg?v=1705983168"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fed4afdf-c3b6-4f84-972e-3a03d5475964.jpg?v=1705983168","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24125603676219,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2475,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fed4afdf-c3b6-4f84-972e-3a03d5475964.jpg?v=1705983168"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2475,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fed4afdf-c3b6-4f84-972e-3a03d5475964.jpg?v=1705983168","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist, 2025 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Fiction\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nMs.\u003c\/em\u003e, A Must-Read Book\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nCosmopolitan\u003c\/em\u003e, A Best New Book of January\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eNylon\u003c\/em\u003e, A Best Book of the Month\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nNamed a Most Anticipated Book by \u003cem\u003eElle\u003c\/em\u003e, Goodreads, \u003cem\u003eWrite or Die\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eElectric Literature, Literary Hub, Lambda Literary Review, Bookshop, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e LGBTQ Reads\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAkúa is returning home to Jamaica for the first time in ten years. Her younger brother has died suddenly, and Akúa hopes to reconnect with her estranged older sister, Tamika. Over three fateful weeks, the sisters visit significant places from their childhood where Akúa spreads her brother’s ashes. But time spent with Tamika only seems to make apparent how different they are and how alone Akúa feels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen Akúa meets Jayda, a brash stripper who reveals a different side of Kingston. As the two women grow closer, Akúa is forced to confront the difficult reality of being gay in a deeply religious family, and what it means to be a gay woman in Jamaica. Her trip comes to a frenzied and dangerous end, but not without a glimmer of hope of how to be at peace with her sister—and herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy turns diasporic family saga, bildungsroman, and terse sexual awakening, \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e asks: What are we willing to do for family, and what are we willing to do to feel at home?\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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A heartrending exploration of grief, loss, identity, and desire—of family and all the ways the ones you love can hurt and heal you—\u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e is a marvel.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eJasmine Sealy, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Island of Forgetting\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Canisia Lubrin, author of Code Noir","OtherText_Accolades_1":"\u003cp\u003e\"Cooke's prose is vivid, propulsive, and visceral.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eAngie Cruz, author of \u003cem\u003eHow Not to Drown in a Glass of Water\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Jasmine Sealy, author of The Island of Forgetting","OtherText_Accolades_2":"\u003cp\u003e\"What a brilliant novel \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e is, with its crackling dialogue and vivid descriptions of the sights, sounds, and smells of Kingston—don’t read it when you’re hungry! I longed for nothing more than for Akúa, the passionate, opinionated heroine, to safely navigate the vicissitudes of loss and sisterhood. A stunning debut.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eMargot Livesey, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Boy in the Field\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Angie Cruz, author of How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water","OtherText_Accolades_3":"\u003cp\u003e\"Christina Cooke’s \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e is a searing, touching, and often funny meditation on family fault lines drawn by migration, homophobia, cultural difference, and sibling order, from a talented new writer among us.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eEmily Raboteau, author of \u003cem\u003eSearching for Zion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_3_Auth":"Emily Raboteau, author of Searching for Zion","OtherText_Accolades_4":"\u003cp\u003e\"Peppered with music, sensuality, and unflinching emotion, \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e completely immersed me in Akúa’s fraught homecoming journey through the heat and the heart of Kingston. Christina Cooke poses thrillingly nuanced, provocative questions about what it means to feel at home, what we owe to our families, and how to guard the boundaries of the self while navigating it all. A gorgeous debut!\" — \u003cstrong\u003eDawnie Walton, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Final Revival of Opal \u0026 Nev\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_4_Auth":"Dawnie Walton, author of The Final Revival of Opal \u0026 Nev","OtherText_Accolades_5":"\u003cp\u003e\"A luminous tale of a latter-day Antigone who navigates grief, love, death, sex, violence, language, queerness, race, and three countries with courage, joy, and a tender heart.\u003cem\u003e Broughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e is an instant classic and Christina Cooke brings beauty and truth to every page.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eStacey D'Erasmo, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Complicities\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_5_Auth":"Stacey D'Erasmo, author of The Complicities","OtherText_Accolades_6":"\u003cp\u003e\"Christina Cooke’s \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e is a fiery debut novel that breaks new ground. It recounts the coming of age of an Afro-Caribbean lesbian who travels home to Jamaica from Canada seeking solace and finds her sense of self threatened by the triple undertow of grief, alienation, and homophobia.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eNaomi Jackson, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Star Side of Bird Hill\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_6_Auth":"Margot Livesey, author of The Boy in the Field","OtherText_Accolades_7":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Broughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e is a tale that spans the hemisphere, from Jamaica to Texas to British Columbia. It also spans the evocative and intricate lengths of kinship and relationship. Christina Cooke weaves a tale of personal revelation and desire, spun from a language that is agile, vibrant, and expert in its registers.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eWayde Compton, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Outer Harbour \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Road: A Fable of Migration\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_7_Auth":"Naomi Jackson, author of The Star Side of Bird Hill","OtherText_Accolades_8":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Broughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e is the work of a writer of immense heart. Cooke’s sharp imagination grows the more you read this novel, which by turns, brims with careful, sensitive storytelling. This debut promises, delivers, and delights.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eCanisia Lubrin, author of \u003cem\u003eCode Noir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_8_Auth":"Wayde Compton, author of The Outer Harbour and The Blue Road: A Fable of Migration","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eChristina Cooke is one of the winners of this year’s Writers’ Trust McClelland \u0026 Stewart Journey Prize. She holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of New Brunswick and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Born in Jamaica, Christina is now a Canadian citizen who lives and writes in New York City.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis is a co-publication with prestigious US independent press Catapult.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis beautifully written novel features a Black queer protagonist returning home in an attempt to answer questions about family, identity, love, and belonging.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eChristina Cooke is one of the winners of this year’s Writers’ Trust McClelland \u0026 Stewart Journey Prize. She holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of New Brunswick and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Born in Jamaica, Christina is now a Canadian citizen who lives and writes in New York City.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis is a co-publication with prestigious US independent press Catapult.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis beautifully written novel features a Black queer protagonist returning home in an attempt to answer questions about family, identity, love, and belonging.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“Cooke’s vibrant debut novel is a queer coming-of-age story and a chronicle of diasporic rediscovery.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“The idea of ‘going home’ is, for many members of the LGBTQ+ community, a complicated one...Cooke’s narration, at once poetic and conversational, lends Akúa’s story a sense of urgency and resonance.” —\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_10":"\u003cp\u003e\"Christina Cooke’s \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e follows in the tradition of novels that invite readers to step over the threshold and insist on fully realised selfhood in the personal space one occupies: an engaging and rewarding debut.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Temz Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_11":"\u003cp\u003e\"Cooke’s lush prose is poetic, but clear and restrained enough to maintain the momentum of the main plot, which moves along at a refreshingly brisk pace … For all its emotional weight, \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy \u003c\/em\u003erefuses to settle for easy answers.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlenitude\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_12":"\u003cp\u003e\"Cooke is excellent at showing the contrast between what gets said out loud, and the interior, unvoiced subtext … This novel is full of feelings.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBritish Columbia Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Publishers Weekly","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“This is a deft debut overflowing with emotion.” —\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eElle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e\"Cooke makes an assured debut … [She] successfully evokes the temerity and rebellious intelligence of Françoise Sagan’s \u003cem\u003eBonjour Tristesse.\" — \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Broughtupsy … \u003c\/em\u003eweaves effortlessly between present and past, showing—often at a single glance—historic events and their effect in the present. It’s a dizzying, compelling effect, and one which Cooke achieves with a deceptive ease … A powerful account of an attempt to find a place, both in the physical world, and deep within the self.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e\"The story builds to a fierce, then sweetly redemptive, climax. The voice of innocence, the violence, and the sibling dynamics of Cooke’s debut recall Justin Torres’ \u003cem\u003eWe the Animals \u003c\/em\u003e(2011), also a queer coming-of-age story—but this blend of those elements is as unique as a thumbprint. Vivid, emotionally intense, and unafraid of the dark.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e\"A moving coming-of-age story.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e“This debut novel delivers an atmospheric story . . . If your favorite movie is Moonlight and\/or you’re a Justin Torres stan, \u003cem\u003eBroughtups\u003c\/em\u003ey will wound and delight.”\u003cstrong\u003e —\u003cem\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_8":"\u003cp\u003e\"Descriptive and Imaginative debut … \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e considers the demands of family, identity, and culture, as well as the complex nature of belonging.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiterary Review of Canada\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_9":"\u003cp\u003e“The experience of reading \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e is one of being dispersed, disbanded, maybe even unraveled. And then reconstituted, over and over. Some upbringings are like that. Some homecomings are a chance to disrupt the cycle.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrism International\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong \u003e\u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e gives intersectionality a face, name, and head full of braids in this brilliant exploration of family, migration, queerness, and love.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","PrizeCodeText_0":"Short-listed","PrizeCode_0":"04","PrizeName_0":"2025 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Fiction","PrizeYear_0":"2025","ProductFormDescription":"epub","PublicationDate":"2024-01-23","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong \u003e\u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e gives intersectionality a face, name, and head full of braids in this brilliant exploration of family, migration, queerness, and love.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Subtitle":"A Novel","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
Broughtupsy
Broughtupsy gives intersectionality a face, name, and head full of braids in this brilliant exploration of family, migration, queerness, and love.
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ages 3
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Maybe a Whale
After Grandpa dies, a girl and her mother take the trip he had planned for her, kayaking along the west coast to look for the whales that he loved.
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Cooking with Bear
This springtime companion to Bear's Winter Party combines fifteen kid-friendly recipes with a sweet story about friendship and food.
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Owlish
With your face covered, sneaking into a city you thought you knew, are you still yourself? Or have you crossed to another world, where the streets are unpredictable and the people strangers, where you might at any moment run into some unknown dream version of yourself?
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The Temple at the End of the Universe
A journalistic memoir by a lapsed evangelical Christian that examines how the ecological crisis is shifting the ground of religious faith.
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Deborah Kerbel’s humorous, quippy dialogue is perfectly paired with Geneviève Côté’s endearing illustrations of the animal characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eillustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003espeech bubbles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7\u003cbr\u003e\nWith prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3\u003cbr\u003e\nDescribe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4\u003cbr\u003e\nIdentify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781773065656","Height":"8.75","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","KeyTextFeatures":"\u003cp\u003eillustrations;speech bubbles\u003c\/p\u003e","MetaKeywords":"companionship;unlikely friendships;working together;acceptance;cooperation;repetitive;remarkable mr. king","NumberOfPages":"32","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThis story has the cumulative fun of classic picture books like \u003cem\u003eThe Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA light, humorous story — lots of fun! Though readers can also extrapolate ideas of asking others for help, offering kindness and validating others’ feelings to help us all through hard times.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe book speaks to creating unexpected communities, something that resonates in light of the pandemic.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneviève is an award-winning illustrator whose animal characters are full of personality and feeling.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThis story has the cumulative fun of classic picture books like \u003cem\u003eThe Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA light, humorous story — lots of fun! Though readers can also extrapolate ideas of asking others for help, offering kindness and validating others’ feelings to help us all through hard times.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe book speaks to creating unexpected communities, something that resonates in light of the pandemic.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneviève is an award-winning illustrator whose animal characters are full of personality and feeling.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“However this story is interpreted—as a tale of teamwork, unexpected friendship, or just plain silliness—viewers are in for a good time.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“A wholesome and heartfelt read.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCM: Canadian Review of Materials\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"CM: Canadian Review of Materials","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“This book helps young readers understand homelessness as well as appreciate compassion for the less fortunate.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“While grownups will read \u003cem\u003eWhen Spider Met Shrew\u003c\/em\u003e with a nostalgic, cozy feeling, younger readers will find a beautiful lesson that they can bring with them and use in their own little communities.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCloud Lake Literary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Cloud Lake Literary","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen Spider meets Shrew, they are both down on their luck — can these quirky new friends help each other out?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ProductFormDescription":"Kindle, Fixed Layout","PublicationDate":"2022-09-06","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen Spider meets Shrew, they are both down on their luck — can these quirky new friends help each other out?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Width":"8.5","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 3
to 6
/ grades P
to 1
When Spider Met Shrew
When Spider meets Shrew, they are both down on their luck — can these quirky new friends help each other out?
