The funeral
"Norma and her parents are going to her great-uncle Frank's funeral, and Norma is more excited than sad. She is looking forward to playing with her favorite cousin, Ray, but when she arrives at the church, she is confronted with rituals and ideas that have never occurred to her before. Whi...
| Main Author: | James, Matt, 1973- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Toronto :
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press,
[2018]
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| Summary: |
"Norma and her parents are going to her great-uncle Frank's funeral, and Norma is more excited than sad. She is looking forward to playing with her favorite cousin, Ray, but when she arrives at the church, she is confronted with rituals and ideas that have never occurred to her before. While not all questions can be answered, when the day is over Norma is certain of one thing: Uncle Frank would have enjoyed his funeral. This sensitive and life-affirming story will lead young readers to ask their own questions about life, death and how we remember those who have gone before us" -- |
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| Physical Description: |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781554989089 1554989086 |
| Author Notes: |
Matt James is a painter, author/illustrator and musician whose many highly acclaimed children's books include Yellow Moon, Apple Moon by Pamela Porter (New Mexico Book Award); I Know Here by Laurel Croza (Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award) and its companion volume, From There to Here; and The Stone Thrower by Jael Ealey Richardson. Matt's illustrations for Northwest Passage, a stunning tribute to the iconic Stan Rogers song, won the Governor General's Literary Award. He also wrote and illustrated the highly acclaimed book The Funeral. Matt lives in Toronto. |