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books:

How Sleep Found Tabitha
Maggie De Vries

Orca Book Publishers, 2002

Who will help Tabitha fall asleep?

1 review
David Suzuki, Sarah Ellis

Greystone Books, 2006

A relaxed, realistic introduction to vital natural processes
David Suzuki, this generation's John Muir, introduces children to a vital part of life in the Pacific Northwest, the salmon cycle. In the story, a wise father takes his daughter on a fishing trip, telling her that she will become part of the Salmon Story. Patiently allowing her to observe life and ask questions about what she sees, he gently presents many interesting facts without boring readers. ...

Moonsnail Song

2 reviews
Sheryl McFarlane, Sheena Lott

Orca Book Publishers, 1994

Poetic, scientific, artistic, and graceful.
Awesome for anyone - adult or child - who has ever found a moonsnail shell, or gone beachcombing in the Pacific Northwest. Poetic daydreaming meets real scientific information in an unusual way. I own lots of adult beach books, but this book is how I identified my moonsnail eggcases.

Jessie's Island (Orca Classic)

1 review
Sheryl MacFarlane

Orca Book Publishers, 2005

Beauty & joy of a child's Pacific NW coastal island life.
Life on an island in is anything but boring! Jessie shows her cousin the beauty of her island home, and he discovers joys that can't be found in the big city.

Singing The Dark

1 review
Gail Sproule

Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2006

A classic, enchanting, highly recommended story
When a young girl asks her mother to "sing the dark tonight", she and her mother begin a special ritual. With nightgown on, teeth brushed, face washed, hair tangles brushed, the girl and her mother go out into the garden to welcome the night. While crickets call and dew falls, Mother sings a song to the coming dark. As her daughter joins in they both watch the black night settle around them. With ...