Children's Nonfiction Emigration & Immigration
The Wall and the Wind
- Publisher
- Running the Goat
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2021
- Category
- Emigration & Immigration, Modern, Cultural Heritage
- Recommended Age
- 6 to 8
- Recommended Grade
- 1 to 3
- Recommended Reading age
- 6 to 8
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781927917329
- Publish Date
- Jan 2021
- List Price
- $12.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781927917565
- Publish Date
- Jan 2021
- List Price
- $10.95
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Description
A young girl dreams of adventures far and near until a huge wall appears. But when the wall develops a crack, she knows she has the chance to follow her dreams.
About the author
Awards
- Nominated, Next Generation Indie Book Awards - Children's Picture Book (Non-Fiction All Ages)
- Commended, The Globe 100
Editorial Reviews
"Tomova shares her experiences of growing up behind the Iron Curtain in the 1960s, brilliantly contrasting that experience with the freedom of the wind she imagines is at the heart of the life she's remade for herself in Newfoundland. Mixed-media illustrations sweep readers into both of Tomova's worlds."—Globe and Mail, The Globe 100: Our Favourite Books of 2020
"...the poignant longing for freedom shines through." —Kirkus Reviews
"A unique telling of the immigrant story, serious and charmingly light at the same time. A vibrant, folk-painting feast for the eyes, an organic fusion, celebrating freedom and the natural world. This book gives fresh meaning to the old expression, 'free as the wind'." ~Tom Dawe, author of An Old Man's Winter Night, Spirited Away, Where Genesis Begins, and New and Collected Poems
