Up Home

Shauntay Grant

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ISBN: 9781551099118
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Up Home

  Author:   Shauntay Grant  
  Artist :   Susan Tooke    
  Publisher:  Nimbus Publishing

Happy memories sparkle in this journey through poet Shauntay Grant’s childhood visits to North Preston, Nova Scotia. Her words bring to life the sights, sounds, rhythms, and people of a joyful place, while Susan Tooke’s vibrant illustrations capture the warmth of one of Canada’s most important black communities. Up Home celebrates the magic of growing up, and the power in remembering our roots now in a new softcover edition.
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Details and Specs
ISBN associated with this title: 9781551099118
Item NB1009
PublisherNimbus Publishing
PublisherNimbus Publishing
Published on October 14 2011
Language eng
Pages 32
Format Paperback
Dimensions11(in) x 8.5(in)
Shipping weight160(g)
Status ACTIVE TITLE
Shauntay Grant
Shauntay Grant is a writer and performance artist based in Halifax. She is the author of several books for children including Up Home, winner of an Atlantic Book Award for Best Atlantic Published Book, and Africville, nominated for a Governor General's Literary Award. She teaches creative writing at Dalhousie University.
Susan Tooke

Susan Tooke is an award-winning artist and children's book illustrator whose work has been exhibited across North America. In 2003, she received the Halifax Mayor's Award for Illustration, and she is a three-time winner of the Lillian Sheppard Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration, for Full Moon Rising, Up Home, and The City Speaks in Drums. She lives in Halifax. Visit Susan Tooke's art blog.

Award Winners & Nominees


Atlantic Book Awards, Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature

Shortlisted Atlantic Book Awards, Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration

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