Town Is by the Sea

About this book

A young boy wakes up to the sound of the sea, visits his grandfather’s grave after lunch and comes home to a simple family dinner with his family, but all the while his mind strays to his father digging for coal deep down under the sea. Stunning illustrations by Sydney Smith, the award-winning illustrator of Sidewalk Flowers, show the striking contrast between a sparkling seaside day and the darkness underground where the miners dig.

With curriculum connections to communities and the history of mining, this beautifully understated and haunting story brings a piece of Canadian history to life. The ever-present ocean and inevitable pattern of life in a Cape Breton mining town will enthrall children and move adult readers. (source)

Subjects

• boys
• business economics
• children of coal miners
• children's fiction
• cities and towns
• cities and towns, fiction
• city and town life
• coal miners
• coal mines and mining
• fathers and sons
• fiction
• historical fiction
• juvenile audience
• juvenile fiction
• juvenile works
• ocean mining
• picture books
• picture books for children
• seashore, fiction
• sea stories