The Resource Town is by the sea, Joanne Schwartz ; pictures by Sydney Smith
Town is by the sea, Joanne Schwartz ; pictures by Sydney Smith
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The item Town is by the sea, Joanne Schwartz ; pictures by Sydney Smith represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Alexandria-Monroe Public Library.
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- 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."--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Town is by the sea
- Title
- Town is by the sea
- Statement of responsibility
- Joanne Schwartz ; pictures by Sydney Smith
- Subject
-
- Boys -- Juvenile fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- Cities and towns -- Fiction
- trueCoal mines and mining
- Coal mines and mining -- Fiction
- Coal mines and mining -- Juvenile fiction
- trueCoastal towns
- trueEveryday life
- trueFamilies
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueHistorical fiction
- truePicture books for children
- Cities and towns -- Juvenile fiction
- true1950s -- 1950 -- 1959
- trueBoys
- Boys -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- 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."--
- Summary
- Throughout his day, a young boy thinks of his father who is working in the coal mine that is located underneath the ocean.
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Children's Books, 2018.
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2017.
- Kate Greenaway Medal, 2018.
- New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book, 2017.
- School Library Journal Best Books, 2017
- TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2018.
- USBBY Outstanding International Book, 2018.
- Additional physical form
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10549546
- Cataloging source
- NLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Schwartz, Joanne
- Dewey number
- jC813/.6
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- AD 550
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 550
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 0
- 3
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1980-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Smith, Sydney
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Coal mines and mining
- Cities and towns
- Boys
- Fathers and sons
- Coal mines and mining
- Cities and towns
- Boys
- Fathers and sons
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Town is by the sea, Joanne Schwartz ; pictures by Sydney Smith
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20908669
- Dimensions
- 22 x 29 cm
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9781554988716
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn954430153
- Label
- Town is by the sea, Joanne Schwartz ; pictures by Sydney Smith
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20908669
- Dimensions
- 22 x 29 cm
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9781554988716
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn954430153
Subject
- Boys -- Juvenile fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- Cities and towns -- Fiction
- trueCoal mines and mining
- Coal mines and mining -- Fiction
- Coal mines and mining -- Juvenile fiction
- trueCoastal towns
- trueEveryday life
- trueFamilies
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueHistorical fiction
- truePicture books for children
- Cities and towns -- Juvenile fiction
- true1950s -- 1950 -- 1959
- trueBoys
- Boys -- Fiction
Genre
- trueCanadian fiction
- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueHistorical fiction
- Juvenile fiction
- truePicture books for children
Included in
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Picture Books: 2016
- trueUSBBY Outstanding International Books - Grades K-2: 2018
- trueKate Greenaway Medal
- trueNew York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books: 2017
- truePicture Books to Introduce the Civil Rights and Vietnam Era, 1950 on
- trueTD Canadian Children's Literature Award
- trueALA Notable Children's Books - Younger Readers Category: 2018
- trueAll Kinds of Families Grades K-3 (Canada)
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Middle Readers Category: 2017
- trueCanada: Read-Alouds
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
- Award
- ALA Notable Children's Books, 2018.
- Award
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2017.
- Award
- Kate Greenaway Medal, 2018.
- Award
- New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book, 2017.
- Award
- School Library Journal Best Books, 2017
- Award
- TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2018.
- Award
- USBBY Outstanding International Book, 2018.
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