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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss. This book is geared towards somewhat younger elementary students. This is a wordless graphic novel that follows an older woman and a younger girl. The two are neighbors and spend a lot of time together in the yard and watching the wildlife. Eventually the older woman passes away and her house is tore down. This makes the girl really sad. The young girl goes back to what had remained of the elderly woman house to retrieve a nest and place it in a tree at her own house. This book is beautifully illustrated and would be great to share with students who are unsure about graphic novels or do not prefer what a classic graphic novel is like. no reviews | add a review
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"For as long as Saanvi can remember, she has been friends with her elderly neighbor Helen. They play cards and garden together and, especially, care for the wild birds that visit Helen's yard. When Helen dies suddenly, a "For Sale" sign goes up, and movers arrive, emptying the house of its furniture and stripping the yard of its birdfeeders. The sparrows and hummingbirds disappear. Soon a bulldozer tears down Helen's house. All winter, Saanvi walks numbly past the property as developers begin to build condos. Then one spring day, amid the dust and turmoil of construction, she finds a weathered playing card wedged between two rocks. She holds it to her chest, and finally sobs. After a tearful night, Saanvi wakes inspired. She slathers peanut butter on pinecones to hang from tree branches, hammers together a birdhouse from scrap wood and drags a kitchen stool outside to hold a bowl of water. Finally, she retrieves a nest that has been unraveling on Helen's old property and places it in a tree in her own yard. Saanvi's yard soon fills with Helen's birds. They have a home again. This beautifully illustrated, wordless graphic novel shows Saanvi's journey through close friendship, then hollowing loss and change, until she finally finds hope."-- No library descriptions found. |
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