Town Is by the Sea

This is a beautiful book and would make a perfect book for boys to read with their fathers and especially meaningful to anyone who has relatives who have worked in the mines. The story follows a young boy who lives by the sea. He describes his day by the glittering sea and sunny park whilst being awa......more

There’s been a lot of talk lately about how a parent can engender empathy in their children. It’s a good question and worth a lot of discussion and listening. As a parent I’ve wondered about it myself, but it's not the only question I've asked myself. How do you give a child a sense of self-worth wi......more

A kind of portrait of a coal miner’s son in a Cape Breton town illustrated with a lovely dark palette by Sydney Smith. The boy is a coal miner's grandson and coal miner's son and he expects to be a coal miner himself. It's what his family does. Living by the sea is lovely, but the men dig for coal i......more

Beautiful illustrations by Sydney Smith and a rare look at the world of a working-class little boy who is aware that he is expected to follow the other men in his family into work as a coal-miner.......more

Bằng những hình minh họa tuyệt đẹp, cuốn sách đã khắc họa trọn vẹn một ngày như bao ngày khác của một cậu bé sống ở Cape Breton, Canada – một thị trấn bên bờ biển nơi cha cậu là công nhân đào mỏ than ở sâu dưới lòng biển. Nhiều người sẽ có cảm giác lời kể chuyện, cũng như bản thân câu chuyện, không......more