The River of Birds

Libby Moore

Description

"A moving and beautiful tale about a family, a loss, and the natural world that binds us all together. With exquisite tenderness, Moore reveals the persistent, transcendent power of love." —Lily King, bestselling author

A gentle, honest story of a child who learns about the enduring force of love in the face of grief.

A young child and a grandmother share a love of birds. Every day after school they watch the birds outside her window and draw them with colored pencils, the scent of ginger tea hanging in the air. When they find a dead goldfinch outside the window one day, the grandmother teaches her grandchild about the enduring strength of love that continues even when a body is no longer living. This lesson returns to the child in a powerful dream after the grandmother dies—a dream that becomes a healing gift for the child’s grandfather.

Gorgeously illustrated by wildlife artist and illustrator Michael Boardman, Libby Moore’s The River of Birds is a gentle story that looks honestly at grief and love. The beautiful themes and lush illustrations will bring comfort to readers of all ages. The book includes a guide put together by clinical psychologist Mary Plouffe, PhD, that provides practical resources for adults who are supporting grieving children.

Sujets

• Bereavement
• Social Themes
• Juvenilee Fiction
• School counselor
• Separation anxiety
• Grief
• Family
• Death
• Nature

Informations

• Publié par: Girl Friday Books
• Date de parution: 03 mai 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781736357903
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

For Peggy, who believed my dream had a story in it.
And for my family, a river of love. —LM
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, events, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
Text copyright © 2021 Red Pine Press LLC
Illustrations copyright © 2021 Michael Boardman
All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.
Produced and published by Bird Upstairs, an imprint of Girl Friday Books, in association with Red Pine Press LLC, Portland, Maine
www.birdupstairs.com
www.riverofbirds.com
Design: Paul Barrett
Project management: Devon Fredericksen
Illustrations: Michael Boardman
ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-7348802-8-1
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-7348802-9-8
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-7363579-0-3
Library of Congress Control Number: 2020917815
First edition





My grandma Minka loved birds.
She loved Grandpa, and she loved me.




Every day when I came home from school, Minka was sitting at the table by the kitchen window with the ginger tea Grandpa had made her and her colored pencils. I’d get my favorite snack of banana with cinnamon and sit beside her.