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The life story of Ibn Sina (980-1037), one of the greatest philosophers, scientists and physicians of the Islamic world.
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She has won prizes such as the 1st prize of the Second Festival of Text Books Illustration, Iran, and the encouragement prize of the 15th Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustration, Japan. She teaches painting and illustration in Iran and Canada. She lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Illustrated by","Contributor_0":"Fagan, Cary (CA)","Contributor_1":"Erfanian, Banafsheh (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo lonely souls find each other in this unusual tale of friendship and belonging from award-winning comic writer Cary Fagan featuring vibrant art by Banafsheh Erfanian. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs there someone out there for everyone? Two lonely souls find each other in this unusual tale of friendship and belonging from award-winning comic writer Cary Fagan. In her North American debut, illustrator Banafsheh Erfanian brings ornate artistry to the cage and birds that inhabit this surprisingly human story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA long-empty birdcage takes a chance and leaves behind its attic home to find a bird to keep. Out in the world, the cage encounters many birds and offers shelter to each of them. One by one, they refuse, explaining why they belong elsewhere. 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Two lonely souls find each other in this unusual tale of friendship and belonging from Cary Fagan.","ProductFormDescription":"Web PDF","PublicationDate":"2017-05-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"Is there someone out there for everyone? Two lonely souls find each other in this unusual tale of friendship and belonging from Cary Fagan.","Width":"8.5","WidthCode":"in"}
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A Cage Went in Search of a Bird
Is there someone out there for everyone? Two lonely souls find each other in this unusual tale of friendship and belonging from Cary Fagan.
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ages 4
to 8
/ grades K
to 3
My Friend
A story about the importance of friendship in the life of an immigrant child, from acclaimed creators Elisa Amado and Alfonso Ruano.
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ages 3
to 5
/ grades P
to K
Neige
Ce livre tout simple et délicieusement fantaisiste est une ode à la magie de l’hiver dans les climats nordiques.
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Jimmy the Greatest!
This is the powerful story of Jimmy, who lives in a small, remote town by the sea in Latin America, and is inspired by Muhammad Ali.
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The excitement mounts as they drive to the airport, get on the plane and fly up into the air, each step bringing an increasing level of amazement. But the greatest moment of all is when they finally arrive and their beloved relatives meet them. Their old house looks and feels as it always did. The smells, the food, the new puppies, the familiar plants and flowers fill Alfredito's heart with a sense of belonging and joy.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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ages 4
to 9
/ grades P
to 4
Alfredito Flies Home
An extraordinary book that celebrates the joyful return of Alfredito and his family to the country they left as refugees.
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ages 4
to 7
/ grades P
to 2
Abuelos
Ray and Amelia discover the old New Mexican tradition of los abuelos, a midwinter masquerade with elements of Spanish and Indigenous Pueblo culture.
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You Will Be Safe Here
A stunning debut novel about the legacies of abuse, redemption, and the strength of the human spirit, set in South Africa over two centuries.
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This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Michael Redhill's poetry collection Twitch Force is limited to 50 copies.
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Rich in mood and with a great feel for the environment it traverses, this is one clever and beautiful book, and I highly recommend it. It was fantastic.","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Joe R. Lansdale, author of Paradise Sky","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003eAugusto and Agnese had three children. Jole was born in 1878, Antonia in 1883, and Sergio in 1886.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhysically and emotionally, Jole was just like her mother, which was probably why she loved her father above all. She almost always tied her blonde hair in a long plait that fell between her shoulder blades. She was thin and had large eyes of indeterminate colour: at times they seemed as green as a larch grove in summer, at others as grey as a wolf’s winter coat, at others still as blue-green as an Alpine lake in spring.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore than anything else, Jole loved horses and even as a little girl walked barefoot through woods and impassable paths just to see them. To satisfy her passion, especially in summer, she was capable of leaving in the morning and not returning until just before sunset. There were two places where she could see them: to the north, on the pastures of Rendale, where there were many nags that followed the shepherds and their Foza sheep, and to the south, on the ridges of Sasso, where many carthorses were used to transport marble from the quarries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe liked all horses, whether they were light-footed stallions or heavy farm animals. As a child she would look at them in awe, her big eyes open as if to capture a dream, a piece of magic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHer sister Antonia liked to wear her hair short, and Agnese cut it for her twice a year, with old iron scissors, taking care not to prick her because tetanus was less forgiving than hunger. Antonia would help her mother in the house, and she liked making things to eat with what little there was. She, too, was often in the woods during the summer. She went there to listen to the cries of the wild animals and smell the pleasant aromas of the trees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe would collect in an old tin can the resin secreted from the bark of the red firs and take it to her father, who would knead and mould it into hard little balls, useful for lighting the fire in the stove. Augusto, though, would always leave a little for Antonia, who used it to protect flowers or particularly beautiful insects from the ravages of time, thus adding them to her collection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut Antonia did not only collect resin. She also gathered wild strawberries, raspberries, and elderflowers, with which her mother made an excellent refreshing juice mixed with water from the river.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt was the big river down in the valley that was the favourite spot of the youngest of the De Boers. Often Sergio would walk through the wood that stretched to the east of Nevada and sit down on the edge of the cliff over the Brenta Valley, and from there look down and listen to the sound of the river as it descended towards Bassano del Grappa and then, further still, onto the Venetian Plain. Sergio was skinny and fair haired. He was never still, he was the one who spoke most of all of them, he was not quiet for a second. 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Soul of the Border
Soul of the Border is the first novel in a trilogy, following a young woman who seeks the truth behind her father’s disappearance.
