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To Live on an Island

By Emma Bland Smith
Illustrated by Elizabeth Person

By Emma Bland Smith
Illustrated by Elizabeth Person

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Hardcover $17.99

May 14, 2019 | ISBN 9781632171818 | 4-6 years

To Live on an Island by Emma Bland Smith
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May 14, 2019 | ISBN 9781632171818

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About To Live on an Island

When you live on an island, things are different. Sometimes harder. Sometimes sweeter. Sometimes quieter. Experience a day in the life of a child growing up on a Pacific Northwest island in this beautifully written and illustrated picture book.

Off the coast of Washington State rise hundreds of small islands. Some are lush and green. Others are rugged and rocky. And each has its own personality.

Many islands are home mostly to deer, but quite a few have farms and fields, schools and stores, and people.

What is it like to live on an island?

Award-winning author Emma Bland Smith explores what it’s like to grow up on an island in the Pacific Northwest from the perspective of a young boy, who wakes up to the sound of a ferry horn, hikes through the woods to get to his bus stop, drops crab pots for dinner, and falls asleep counting orcas instead of sheep.

This book celebrates what’s special about island culture and includes a brief nonfiction element on each spread that relates to the narrative.

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Product Details

Category: Children’s Picture Books

Hardcover | $17.99
Published by Little Bigfoot
May 14, 2019 | 32 Pages | 11 x 8-1/2 | 4-6 years | ISBN 9781632171818

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Praise

“A wide-format book in a style and subject matter reminiscent of Robert McCloskey’s old favorite Time of Wonder, this picture book describes life on an island in the San Juans, off the Washington coast. . . .  A heartfelt snapshot of a way of life.”–Kirkus Reviews

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