Sara Cassidy
1) Black gold
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
580L
Physical Desc
86 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cyrus and Rudy spend the last days of summer selling dahlias, blackberries and tomatoes at their roadside stand. When a neighbor drops off a bin full of red wrigglers, California earthworms that turn compost into fertilizer, Rudy and Cyrus become worm moguls as they discover just how in demand the Eisenia fetida are.
3) Nevers
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
229 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Resourceful fourteen-year-old Odette is on the move again, traveling as a stowaway on a cheese cart with her hapless mother, Anneline. They are in Burgundy, France, in 1799, fleeing yet another calamity caused by Anneline (who is prone to killing people accidentally). At dawn they find themselves in a town called Nevers, which is filled with eccentric characters, including a man who obsessively smells hands, another who dreams of becoming a chicken,...
5) I make space
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"A straightforward but impactful board book about setting boundaries for yourself and respecting the boundaries of others"--
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"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...