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Rock Box, The (ebook)
Rock Box, The (ebook)
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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.
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ISBN
9781998802029
Number of pages
52
Publisher
Running the Goat, Books & BroadsidesRunning the Goat
Bio
Bio
Don McKay is the author of many books of poetry and essays, most recently All New Animal Acts, Angular Unconformity, and Paradoxides. His work has received numerous awards, including the Governor-General’s Literary Award, the Griffin Poetry Prize, and the BMO Winterset Award. McKay is also known as a poetry editor, and taught poetry in universities across the country. He was made a member of the Order of Canada for his contributions to Canada’s literary community. He lives and writes in St. John’s, NL. McKay’s 2010 Pratt Lecture, The Speaker’s Chair: Field Notes on Betweenity, was published by Running the Goat in 2013. McKay brings his fascination with, and knowledge of, geology and deep time to young readers in his first children’s book, The Rock Box, published by Running the Goat in 2023.
