The Island
by Lori Doody
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An island off the coast of another island is home to a small community; life is rich with joy and challenges, and the people who live there love their island home. One day they learn that the government will move them off the island, to new homes with modern conveniences like electricity. Life will be simpler, but will it be better? In gentle and spare prose, and with her unique folk-art illustrations, Lori Doody tells the story of resettlement in Newfoundland -- it is a deeply personal tale, but it is also the story of anyone who must leave a loved home to start anew and who carries their old home still in their heart.
Author: Lori Doody
ISBN: 9781927917961
Publisher: Running the Goat, Books & Broadsides
Published: 20230411
Format: Paperback / softback
About the Author
A printmaker by training, Lori Doody is the author/illustrator of several widely praised picture books that combine bright, simple illustrations with witty, spare stories; these include including Capelin Weather, The Puffin Problem, Mallard, Mallard, Moose, Paint the Town Pink, Catalina, and the Mr. Beagle series. Two have been included in the Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids & Teens; one, named an Ontario Library Association Top Ten Best Bet; one name a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards Illustrated Picture Book category; and three, short-listed for the NL Book Award for Children's/Young Adult Literature.