Title: Town Is by the Sea
Description: A young boy wakes up to the sound of the sea, visits his grandfather’s grave after lunch and comes home to a simple family dinner with his family, but all the while his mind strays to his father digging for coal deep down under the sea. Stunning illustrations by Sydney Smith, the award-winning illustrator of Sidewalk Flowers, show the striking contrast between a sparkling seaside day and the darkness underground where the miners dig.

With curriculum connections to communities and the history of mining, this beautifully understated and haunting story brings a piece of Canadian history to life. The ever-present ocean and inevitable pattern of life in a Cape Breton mining town will enthrall children and move adult readers.
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  [1]: https://joanneschwartz.ca/town-is-by-the-sea/
Subjects: Coal miners, City and town life, Coal mines and mining, Cities and towns, Boys, Fathers and sons, Ocean mining, Children of coal miners, Fiction, Juvenile audience, Juvenile fiction, Juvenile works, Picture books, Sea stories, Picture books for children, historical fiction, business economics, Children's fiction, Cities and towns, fiction, Seashore, fiction
Places: Cape Breton