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Format:
Book
Title:
My father's arms are a boat
Uniform Title:
Eg kan ikkje sove no. English
ISBN:
9781592701247
Edition:
1st American ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Enchanted Lion Books, 2012.
Physical Description:
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
General Note:
Originally published in Norwegian as Eg kan ikkje sove no by Det Norske Samlaget, 2009.
Summary:
It's quieter than it's ever been. Unable to sleep, a young boy climbs into his father's arms. Feeling the warmth and closeness of his father, he begins to ask questions about the birds, the foxes, and whether his mom will ever wake up. They go outside under the starry sky. Loss and love are as present as the white spruces, while the father's clear answers and assurances calm his worried son. Here we feel the cycles of life and life's continuity, even in the face of absence and loss, so strongly and clearly that we know at the end that everything will, somehow, be all right.
Reading Level:
Ages 4-8.
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