With their father at the marina, and their mother in the workshop, Flo and Fée aren’t sure where they belong. But at least they can still have fun painting the treasures that wash up on the shore. One day they hear a noise and see a stone trace an arc across the sky, it must be from Henri’s giant slingshot! They decide to go see him, but first stop at the café, where they chat with the piano player, then visit their artist-friend in her shop. When they finally reach Henri, he lifts them up onto ladders where they can see two islands that were once connected by an ice bridge. “Have the two islands separated? Like Maman and Papa?” Flo asks. But Henri tells them there’s a sand bridge underwater that links the islands, just as the girls still link their parents. Then he, like the piano player and artist, walks away with a brush and can of paint. Where can they all be going?
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction genre
The Longest, Strongest Thread
“A little girl is moving far away and worries her grandmother won’t be able to find her- but her grandmother explains that they are united by a strong thread of love”–Provided by publisher.
It’s Diwali!
In this take-off of the counting rhyme One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, the wonders of Diwali are described.
Me Gusta
A stunning bilingual picture book that celebrates Latinx families by highlighting moments of connection and delight and feelings of safety and home, even through challenges and difficult times.
A Head Full Of Birds
“School is a lonely place for Nanette until she meets Noah, who understands how her unusual ideas make the world more beautiful”–
When The Storks Came Home (Volume 2) (Nature’s Wisdom, 2)
When The Storks Came Home is a charming, fictionalised retelling of the successful reintroduction of the white stork at the Knepp Estate, a UK native bird which has been brought back from extinction.
Abuela Y El Covid / Grandma And Covid (English And Spanish Edition)
A young boy enjoys time with his grandmother who lives far away, using cell phones and other devices, but one day she stops calling and sending photos and videos of her dogs. He finds out that she needs an oxygen mask to speak and breathe and worries about her the next time they talk.
Maya And The Beast
Young Maya always hears of everyone in her fishing village being scared of “The Beast,” the giant wave that crashes into the shoreline every day, and after seeing boys surfing it she is determined to surf it herself, showing everyone the beauty it has to offer.
Tomorrow Is New Year’s Day: Seollal, A Korean Celebration Of The Lunar New Year
rom Korean American author-illustrator Aram Kim, Tomorrow is New Year’s Day follows a little girl sharing the fun customs of Seollal, the Korean Lunar New Year with her classmates.
Tray Of Togetherness
The Tray of Togetherness is a celebration of a culturally specific experience that also speaks to the universality of having family traditions and the specialness of that connection.