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The lonely book / Megan Grehan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Dublin : Little Island Books, 2023Description: 150 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781915071446
  • 1915071445
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Every morning, when Annie’s moms open up their bookshop, there’s a pile of books on the counter, waiting for the right reader to come and find them. But one day, there’s a book nobody comes for. Nobody ever comes, and each day the book gets lonelier, and the bookshop becomes an unhappy place. Who can the book be for, and why don’t they come? Eventually, the book finds the reader who needs it: Annie’s sister, Charlotte. Charlotte asks the family to call her Charlie now, and to use ‘they/them’ pronouns. The bookshop cheers up. Customers start buying books again.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction New GREHAN MEG Available 33111011183106
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Children's Book Council: Spring 2024 Showcase: Reading List: Transformation

A warm and loving story about how anon-binary person comes to understand and accept themselves by an award-winning queer author.

Every morning, when Annie's moms open up their bookshop, there's a pile of books on the counter, waiting for the right reader to come and find them.

But one day, there's a book nobody comes for. Nobodyever comes, and each day the book gets lonelier, and the bookshop becomes an unhappy place. Who can the bookbe for, and why don't they come?

Eventually, the book finds the reader who needs it: Annie's sister, Charlotte. Charlotte asks the family to call herCharlie now, and to use 'they/them' pronouns.

The bookshop cheers up. Customers start buying books again.

Every morning, when Annie’s moms open up their bookshop, there’s a pile of books on the counter, waiting for the right reader to come and find them. But one day, there’s a book nobody comes for. Nobody ever comes, and each day the book gets lonelier, and the bookshop becomes an unhappy place. Who can the book be for, and why don’t they come? Eventually, the book finds the reader who needs it: Annie’s sister, Charlotte. Charlotte asks the family to call her Charlie now, and to use ‘they/them’ pronouns. The bookshop cheers up. Customers start buying books again.

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