Description
An island off the coast of another island is home to a small community; life is rich with joy and challenges, and the people who live there love their island home. One day they learn that the government will move them off the island, to new homes with modern conveniences like electricity. Life will be simpler, but will it be better?
In gentle and spare prose, and with her unique folk-art illustrations, Lori Doody tells the story of resettlement in Newfoundland—it is a deeply personal tale, but it is also the story of anyone who must leave a loved home to start anew and who carries their old home still in their heart."
Author Bio
A printmaker by training, Lori Doody is the author/illustrator of more than a dozen beloved picture books that combine bright, simple illustrations with delightfully quirky wit. They include Capelin Weather, The Puffin Problem, Mallard, Mallard, Moose, Paint the Town Pink, Catalina, Agnes's Garden and the Mr. Beagle series. Her books have been included in the Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids & Teens, named to the OLA's "Top Ten Best Bets" list; and short-listed for the NL Book Award for Children's/Young Adult Literature. This is her first board book.
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