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A fifteenth-anniversary edition of the award-winning debut picture book celebrating North Preston, NS, by the Governor General's Literary Award -- shortlisted author of Africville.
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 celebrating its fifteenth anniversary.
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Shauntay Grant is the author of several books for children including
Up Home, winner of a Best Atlantic Published Book Prize, and
Africville which won the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Awards. She is a poet, playwright, multimedia artist, and former poet laureate for the City of Halifax. A member of the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists, she "creates artworks that are engaging and accessible, but also challenging, rigorous, and informed by deep research (The Royal Society of Canada)." Shauntay lives in Halifax and teaches creative writing at Dalhousie University.
