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Keywords

african american, body parts, canada, celebration, church, climbing, clothing, cooking, family, flowers, food, friendship, fun, garden, glasses, grandparents, history, instruments, love, memory, multicultural, music, nutrition, park, quilt, seasons, song, spiritual, storytelling, woods

Title

Up home

Description

A young woman of African decent recalls her childhood in her native homeland of Preston, Canada. She remembers long hot days of summer playing with cousins, singing on Sunday mornings, climbing trees and picking blueberries. Gatherings with her family are special celebrations.

Author

Grant, Shauntay

Publisher

Nimbus

Illustrator

Tooke, Susan

ISBN

1-55109-660-9

City of Publication

Italifax, Nova Scotia

Year of Publication

2008

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Bianca Guynn & Valerie Ubbes, 2010

Citation

Grant, Shauntay, “Up home,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed September 24, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/13475.