Helen's birds. [graphic novel]
Helen's birds. [graphic novel]
By
:
Cassidy, Sara.
Publication Date
:
2019
Subject Term
:
Birds -- Juvenile fiction.
Neighbors -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Grief -- Juvenile fiction.
Stories without words.
Graphic novels -- Juvenile fiction.
Canadian fiction -- Juvenile fiction.
Additional Contributors
:
Casson, Sophie,
Summary
:
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.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781773060385
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Corner Brook (WCB) | Juv Picture Bk Graphic Novel | Juvenile Picture Book Graphic Novel | X CAS | Checked In |
Grand Falls-Windsor (CGF) Harmsworth | Juv Picture Bk Graphic Novel | Juvenile Picture Book Graphic Novel | X CAS | Checked In |
Mount Pearl (AMP) R. King | Juv Picture Bk Graphic Novel | Juvenile Picture Book Graphic Novel | X CAS | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Juv Picture Bk Graphic Novel | Juvenile Picture Book Graphic Novel | X CAS | Checked In |