Seeing Orange

Sara Cassidy

Description

Seven-year-old Leland has trouble writing, but he loves drawing. He so dislikes his teacher that he conjures up Delilah, an imaginary seeing-eye dog to help him into class each day. When a neighborhood painter recognizes Leland's gifts as an artist, Leland grows more confident about the world as he uniquely sees it. And when his family's cat goes missing, it is Leland's keen observation skills that lead to finding him. Leland's newfound confidence helps him both confront and sympathize with his teacher, who only wishes Leland could be a bit more focused.

Sujets

• Arts visuels
• Architecture
• drawing
• Juvenilee Fiction
• Art

Informations

• Publié par: Orca Book Publishers
• Date de parution: 01 novembre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781459803183
• Langue: English

Extrait

Seeing Orange
Sara Cassidy
ILLUSTRATED BY
Amy Meissner
ORCA BOOK PUBLISHERS
Text copyright 2012 Sara Cassidy Illustrations copyright 2012 Amy Meissner
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Cassidy, Sara Seeing orange [electronic resource] / Sara Cassidy ; illustrated by Amy Meissner.
(Orca echoes)
Electronic monograph. Issued also in print format. ISBN 978-1-55469-996-4 ( PDF ).-- ISBN 978-1-4598-0318-3 ( EPUB )
I. Meissner, Amy II. Title. III. Series: Orca echoes (Online) PS 8555. A 7812S43 2012 j C 813 .54 C 2012-902834-7
First published in the United States, 2012 Library of Congress Control Number : 2012938344
Summary : When a neighbor encourages Leland s artistic talents, he finds the confidence to express his feelings to his grade two teacher.
Orca Book Publishers gratefully acknowledges the support for its publishing programs provided by the following agencies: the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund and the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.
Cover artwork and interior illustrations by Amy Meissner Author photo by Amaya Tarasoff ORCA BOOK PUBLISHERS PO B OX 5626, Stn. B Victoria, BC Canada V 8 R 6 S 4 ORCA BOOK PUBLISHERS PO B OX 468 Custer, WA USA 98240-0468
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For Alden -SC
For Leland, thanks for letting me in -AM
Author s Note
An artist named Justin Beckett said, I could paint these mountains the way they look, but that isn t how I see them. Artists don t paint what things look like. They paint what they see.
Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter One
Pumpkin is stretched out asleep in my pajama drawer. Now my pajamas will have her golden-orange hairs all over them.
Mom is reading on the front steps, a mug of smelly tea by her knee. She calls it herbal tea. But I call it horrible tea.
My sister Liza is singing in the bathtub. It s some song about setting fire to the rain. Liza only takes baths so she can sing in the bathroom. She likes the echoes. She calls them acoustics .
Silas is building LEGO spaceships on the floor of our frog-green bedroom. Later, he ll head outside to throw a tennis ball against the wall. Once, his ball went through the open bathroom window while Liza was in there singing.