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Town is by the sea /

"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."--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schwartz, Joanne (Joanne F.), 1960- (Author)
Group Author: Smith, Sydney, 1980- (Illustrator)
Published: Groundwood Books : House of Anansi Press,
Publisher Address: Toronto ; Berkeley :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Coal miners > Juvenile fiction.
City and town life > Juvenile fiction.
Coal mines and mining > Juvenile fiction.
Cities and towns > Juvenile fiction.
Boys > Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons > Juvenile fiction.
Sea stories.
Ocean mining > Juvenile fiction.
Children of coal miners > Juvenile fiction.
Nova Scotia > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books for children.
Summary: "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."--
Item Description: "Published in Canada and the USA in 2017 by Groundwood Books"--Copyright page.
Carrier Form: 52 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 29 cm
Issued also in electronic format.
Audience: AD550L
Awards: 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
ISBN: 9781554988716
1554988713
Index Number: PZ7
CLC: I711.84
Call Number: I711.84/S399-7

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