Dippers - Couverture souple

Nichol, Barbara

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0887765491 ISBN 13 : 9780887765490

Editeur : Tundra Books, 2001

Synopsis

Fragments of a handwritten letter have been discovered. Their author’s name is Margaret, and in the letter she describes her memories of a summer of her girlhood long ago when the dippers came up from the Don River.

It was 1912, and a summer full of odd happenings. The letter tells of Margaret’s first encounter with her father, of her mother’s worry that she might lose her job as a maid, and of her little sister’s being overtaken by paralysis and disease.

And, of course, there were the dippers moving up from the river to inhabit the neighbourhood – furry, ungainly, dog-like creatures with leathery wings – creatures unnerving but not dangerous, yet another fact of life to become adjusted to.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Barbara Nichol is the author of One Small Garden, Trunks All Aboard: An Elephant ABC, Dippers, a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, and Biscuits in the Cupboard, winner of the Mr. Christie’s Book Award. She also wrote and directed the Juno Award-winning platinum recording of Beethoven Lives Upstairs and wrote the book. She has worked extensively in television and radio, including work for “Sesame Street,” and the CBC radio program “Ideas.” She is also the author of The Home for Blind Women, which won a Genie Award for best short film.

Barry Moser, National Book Award-winning artist, is the acclaimed illustrator of more than two hundred books for adults and children. Other books illustrated by Mr. Moser include In the Beginning by Virginia Hamilton, a Newbery Honor Book, Messiah: The Wordbook for the Oratorio by George Frideric Handel, and What You Know First by Patricia MacLachlan. He undertook a monumental project for the millennium, a fully illustrated edition of the Bible.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tundra Books
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0887765491
• ISBN 13: 9780887765490
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Moser Barry
• Nombre de pages: 32
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible