Flamingo dream / by Donna Jo Napoli ; illustrated by Cathie Felstead.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Greenwillow Books, 2002.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0688167969 (trade)
- 0688178634 (lib. bdg.)
- [E] 21
- PZ7.N15 Fl 2002
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Tough Topics | Napoli, Donna Jo | Available | 33111003537046 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
One day Mamma came early to get me from school. She told me Daddy was in the hospital. I knew that would happen.
Indeed, the young narrator and her parents have talked about the fact that Daddy has cancer and is dying. Mamma has explained that as the leaves are changing color, Daddy is changing inside. And just as the leaves will fall, he will die. The three of them have cried together. But they have also lived and loved together, and they have many rich, funny, wonderful memories. Enough to make into a book with words and pictures. Enough for you to savor, to laugh over -- and perhaps enough to make you cry. This is a book about death, but it is also a book about life -- and love.
"Greenwillow Books"
Grieving over her father's death from cancer, a young girl celebrates their last year together by making a book that includes mementos and a story.