![]() ![]() I can't recommend it highly enough for older children and adults who are looking for something a little different. This is such with Town Is by the Sea, the story of a young boy who lives by the sparkling sea in a Nova Scotia town in the 1950s, yet daily watches his father head to work in a mine deep below ground. The pitch-perfect text and the outstanding illustrations which play with light and dark, summer sun and coal-seam black, combine to produce a masterpiece. It is one which when shared and talked about will become a firm favourite." * The School Librarian * "I haven't read such a deeply affecting picturebook in years - it moved me to tears. The melodic text reads beautifully and the colour palette is stunning Smith's work on conveying sunlight on the water is some of the most striking I have ever encountered " * Library Mice * "A story, simply told, with beautifully evocative illustrations: this book is pure delight. * The Bookseller * "Written by Joanne Schwartz and delightfully illustrated by Sydney Smith, Town is by the Sea is a quiet book that will stay with readers long after they have closed it." * Israel Book Review * " this book is a stunning snapshot of a life And while this is for the reader a rather haunting tale, it also highlights the beauty and happiness that can be found around us even when life can seem harsh. ![]() An atmospheric, haunting story about a young boy whose father digs for coal beneath the sea. ![]()
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