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My Friend, Loonie

A heartwarming, LGBTQ+ friendly story about friendship and loss

Nina LaCour Ashling Lindsay

$27.99

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English
Walker Books Ltd
05 April 2023
A gentle story of connection and loss finds a promise in memories after a young child loses her constant companion.

With a good friend like Loonie the yellow balloon, anything is possible. From neighborhood walks to reading aloud in bed to dance parties in your room, Loonie makes each activity a little brighter, a little fuller of sunshine. But as one child discovers with sadness, when it’s time for Loonie to float away home, the sunshine goes, too. It’s not as fun to have a dance party alone. And while tending to the garden helps a little bit, the world outside the window is silent and gray. Until, one day, as flowers start to push up from the soil, big and full of hope, the memory of Loonie begins to emerge in unexpected places. With tender empathy, and charming and whimsical art by Ashling Lindsay, Printz Award winner Nina LaCour illuminates the childhood companions that bring a little magic to the world.
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Illustrated by:   Ashling Lindsay
Imprint:   Walker Books Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 276mm,  Width: 236mm,  Spine: 12mm
Weight:   380g
ISBN:   9781529513677
ISBN 10:   1529513677
Pages:   32
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 3 to 5 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Nina LaCour is the best-selling and Michael L. Printz Award–winning author of several young adult novels, including We Are Okay, Hold Still, The Disenchantments, and Everything Leads to You, as well as a novel for adults, Yerba Buena. She is also the author of Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita. Her books have won many awards and have been translated into several languages. Nina LaCour lives with her wife and their daughter in San Francisco. Ashling Lindsay is the illustrator of several books for children, including The Night Box by Louise Greig, which was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal, and The Tide by Clare Helen Welsh, a Crystal Kite Award winner. She is also the illustrator of an Alan Turing biography for the best-selling series Little People, Big Dreams. Ashling Lindsay lives in Belfast, Ireland.

Reviews for My Friend, Loonie: A heartwarming, LGBTQ+ friendly story about friendship and loss

…story about how love can make the world brighter, even if we no longer have the thing we fell in love with in the first place. * the Bookseller * In Nina LaCour and Ashling Lindsay’s bright picture book we discover magic on every page and have the opportunity to share in a gloriously feel-good story. * Armadillo Magazine * A beautiful story that introduces loss in a novel way to the very young, showing that love can live on in warm memories. * Books for Keeps *


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