Nahid Kazemi
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a florist puts two plants in the same rosy-colored pot, he tells the bigger, stronger plant to look after the smaller, weaker one. An artist buys the plants and takes them home, where they become part of the family, celebrating happy occasions and feeling sorrowful during hard times. But as time passes and the plants grow, the pot becomes too small, and the two must be separated. While this makes the larger plant sad, it still rejoices in the...
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In this contemporary reimagination of the Scheherazade tale, a young girl imagines herself zooming off in a toy airplane to confront an angry king, telling him countless stories and making him reflect on the kind of leader he really wants to be.
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"After her grandfather's death, a young girl wanders through his house. As she tours each room, the objects she discovers stir memories of her grandfather--her baba bozorg. His closet full of clothes reminds her of the mints he kept in his pockets. His favorite teacup conjures thoughts of the fig cookies he would offer her. The curtains in the living room bring up memories of hide-and-seek games and the special relationship that she and her baba bozorg...
Author
Language
Français
Description
Eunice immigre au Canada avec son père et sa
grand-mère. Sa mère ne peut pas les rejoindre
tout de suite. Eunice va alors ressentir un tel
manque qu'elle en perdra la parole. Incapable
de parler, elle vit un blocage total. On va suivre
Eunice dans son attente, dans son quotidien,
dans sa tête, dans ses dessins... Jusqu'au jour
o sa maman revient...
Author
Language
English
Description
An old woman shares her home with a scruffy old dog, her best friend and constant companion. One fall day, they go for a walk and the woman throws sticks for the dog. She loves hearing the autumn leaves under her feet and the wind in the trees. She looks up at a crow in the sky and imagines what it might feel like to fly. As the wind comes up and the light begins to fade, she remembers playing outside as a child, never wanting to go in. Suddenly she...