The Rock Box

Petra loves rocks, and collects them with a passion. She keeps them in her bedroom, in the kitchen cupboards, between the cushions of the living-room sofa, even in the bathroom medicine cabinet. Petra?s parents do not love rocks. At least, not as much as Petra does. To convince her to winnow down her collection, her parents offer her a wonderful treasure?a rock box, with a selection of the rocks and minerals found in her home province of Newfoundland and Labrador. But, wait, is one of those rocks winking at her? Acclaimed Canadian poet Don McKay creates a charming tale of geology and deep time and connection in his first children?s book.

AUTHOR

Don McKay

Don McKay is a poet, teacher, and editor. He has published more than a dozen books in a career that spans five decades. He has twice won the Governor General’s Literary Award for poetry, and won the Griffin Poetry Prize for Strike/Slip in 2007. His previous essay collections include the GG-shortlisted Vis à Vis: Field Notes on Poetry & Wilderness, Deactivated West 100, and The Shell of the Tortoise, winner of the 2011 BMO Winterset Award. McKay lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

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Sally McKay

Sally McKay is an artist, curator, art-writer, and educator who works in performance, installation, and digital media. Her current research/work involves an ecologically significant site on McMaster University’s campus, located on the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit and Haudenosaunee nations. She has created animations, written art comics, and collaborated on a variety of zines, and brings that spirit and energy to her first work purely for children—a collaboration with her father. She lives in Hamilton, ON.

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Dimensions:

52 Pages
8in * 10in * 1in
200gr

Published:

June 13, 2023

City of Publication:

Tors Cove

Country of Publication:

CA

Publisher:

Running the Goat

ISBN:

9781927917985

Book Subjects:

JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction / General

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Bookville – Kids’ Literature

Language:

eng

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