The Green Baby Swing

The Green Baby Swing

by Thomas King and Yong Ling Kang
Epub (Kobo - Fixed Layout), Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 28/05/2024

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A tender picture book about loss, intergenerational love and the power of family keepsakes, from acclaimed author Thomas King and for fans of Memory Jars.


After Nana passes away, Xavier, his mother and Comet the kitten all head up to Nana's attic to help clean it up.


At first, Xavier is a little nervous. Though there are no dragons up there, it looks like a dragon's cave — it's gloomy, dusty and full of cobwebs. But as Xavier explores the attic, he discovers all kinds of interesting things:


An old tricycle

Two monkeys made out of coconuts

A scrapbook full of photographs

A rocking horse with gold and red stars stuck to its neck


At the bottom of one box, Xavier finds a strange piece of fabric. It's thick, soft and green, and it makes his mother's eyes wet with memories.


As Xavier learns more about this keepsake, he discovers more about his family and himself in this gorgeous picture book about intergenerational love and the power of memory.

ISBN:
9780735269378
9780735269378
Category:
Personal & social issues: family issues (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Epub (Kobo - Fixed Layout), Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
28-05-2024
Language:
English
Publisher:
Tundra
Thomas King

Thomas King has written several highly acclaimed children's books including A Coyote Solstice Tale (illustrated by Gary Clement) which won the American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award for Best Picture Book and A Coyote Columbus Story (illustrated by Kent Monkman) which was a Governor General's Award finalist. King, who is of Cherokee and Greek descent and was born in California, was chair of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota before moving to University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. He recently won a Governor General's Award for his adult novel, The Back of the Turtle; he won both the BC National Award for Canadian Nonfiction and the RBC Taylor Prize for The Inconvenient Indian.

Yong Ling Kang

Yong Ling Kang is an illustrator who grew up in Singapore and is now based in Toronto, Ontario. She has illustrated several picture books, including This House Is Home, William's Getaway, and Tanna's Owl.

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