Matt James
1) The funeral
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Norma and her parents are going to her great-uncle Frank's funeral, and Norma is more excited than sad. She is looking forward to playing with her favorite cousin, Ray, but when she arrives at the church, she is confronted with rituals and ideas that have never occurred to her before. While not all questions can be answered, when the day is over Norma is certain of one thing: Uncle Frank would have enjoyed his funeral. This sensitive and life-affirming...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books : House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"Out in the neighborhood, Charlie finds things. He finds Margaret's ball, and he finds Aunt Myrtle's cat up in a tree. He finds Aunt Myrtle and his friend Steve looking at a big lemon pie. 'Whose pie is it?' Aunt Myrtle wants to know. Charlie always tries to be helpful, so he sets off to find the owner of the mystery pie ... but it doesn't seem to belong to anyone. Fortunately, Aunt Myrtle knows just what to do. "--
3) I know here
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A tale about a young girl whose family moves from the forests of northeastern Saskatchewan to a strange new place called 'Toronto'.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"In this delightful bedtime rhyme, a young child bids good night to the moon, recalling all the familiar things surrounding her--from her pillow, her book and her kitten to the swing outside, the robins in the trees and the starry night."--Jacket.
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The beaver flood has finally frozen perfect ice, without a bump or a ripple. For the kids in town, it s Christmas in November. They wait, impatiently, for the right moment. Finally, it arrives: the full moon. They huff and puff through logging trails, farms, back roads and tamarack swamps, the powdery snow soaking pant legs and boots, till they see it their perfect ice, waiting. And the game is on.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
A young girl tries to adjust to moving from northeastern Saskatchewan to Toronto, where she misses her father coming home for lunch and looking at the stars at night with her family, but an eight-year-old girl from next door helps her to feel better.
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