Up Home - Paperback
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Up Home - Paperback
$12.95
by Shauntay Grant (Author), Susan Tooke (Illustrator)
Happy memories sparkle in this journey through poet Shauntay Grant's childhood visits to North Preston, Nova Scotia. Her words bring to life the sights, sounds, rhythms, and people of a joyful place, while Susan Tooke's vibrant illustrations capture the warmth of one of Canada's most important black communities. Up Home celebrates the magic of growing up, and the power in remembering our roots now in a new softcover edition.
Front Jacket
people, places, African American heritage
Author Biography
Shauntay Grant is a writer and performance artist based in Halifax. Up Home won the 2009 Atlantic Book Award for Best Published Book, and was shortlisted for the 2010 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Awards. Shauntay served as Halifax's third Poet Laureate from 2009 to 2011. Her other honours include a Poet of Honour Prize from Spoken Word Canada, and a Joseph S. Stauffer Prize in Writing and Publishing. She teaches creative writing at Dalhousie University.
Number of Pages: 32
Dimensions: 0.3 x 10.7 x 8.3 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: September 01, 2012
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