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The green baby swing

"A mother and son discover a cherished family item during an attic clean-up in this lovely story about grief and intergenerational love."--

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Main Author: King, Thomas, 1943- (Author)
Other Authors: Kang, Yong Ling (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Tundra, 2024.
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Mother and child > Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers > Death > Juvenile fiction.
Heirlooms > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
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Summary:"A mother and son discover a cherished family item during an attic clean-up in this lovely story about grief and intergenerational love."--
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Issued also in electronic format.
ISBN:9780735269361
073526936X
Author Notes:THOMAS KING has written several highly acclaimed children's books, including My Lala (illustrated by Charlene Chua). A Coyote Solstice Tale (illustrated by Gary Clement) won the American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award for Best Picture Book and A Coyote Columbus Story (illustrated by Kent Monkman) was a Governor General's Literary Award finalist. King, who is of Cherokee and Greek descent and was a Professor of English at the University of Guelph for many years, won a Governor General's Literary 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 . His novel Indians on Vacation was shortlisted for the Govenor General's award and won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. Thomas lives in Guelph, Ontario with his family.

YONG LING KANG is a freelance illustrator raised in Singapore and currently lives in Toronto. She has worked in animation studios and a publishing company, and she has illustrated many picture books, including The Care and Keeping of Grandmas , Rodney Was a Tortoise , Tanna's Owl and This House Is Home.

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