Island Birthday - Hardcover

Murray, Eva

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0884484254 ISBN 13: 9780884484257

Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers, 2015

Synopsis

*2016 Maine Lupine Award Winner*
Riley’s birthday is coming, but the mail plane with his gifts from the mainland hasn’t been able to get to the island for days because of bad weather.

 In a mood that matches the weather, he agrees to help Uncle Harv collect driftwood to make furniture. One thing leads to another as it always does on a small island, and eventually Riley realizes that everything he needs for a great birthday is already right at hand.

Fountas & Pinnell Level O

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Riley lives on an island off the coast of Maine, where the essentials of daily life— from mail to milk—have to be flown in by plane. But the island has been fogged in for days, so the plane hasn't come. Riley is sure that the package of birthday surprises his grandmother is sending from the mainland won't arrive in time. “Who wants to live on an island, anyway?” he grumbles.But as time goes by, neighbors come to the rescue, inadvertently helping Riley discover that living “island style” offers just the experiences he wants and needs! Maine writer and island resident Eva Murray tells a winning story of year-round life on an island far at sea, where neighbors are more than casual nods and children are granted a freedom that is all too rare today. Jamie Hogan's breathtaking pastels provide the perfect window into this world, capturing the wild and sometimes stormy beauty of a spot of land in a big ocean.

About the Author:

Eva Murray moved to Matinicus Island in 1987 to become the only teacher in the island’s one-room school. She writes regularly for newspapers and magazines and authored two adult books for Tilbury, and The Maine Lupine Award winning children's book Island Birthday.

JAMIE HOGAN has published illustrations in newspapers, periodicals, and numerous award winning children’s books including Rickshaw Girl, which was named one of the Best 100 Books by the New York Public Library and won the Jane Addams Peace Association Award and the Maine Library Association’s Lupine Award; and Island Birthday, which won the 2015 Lupine Award. Jamie lives on an island in Casco Bay with her husband and daughter.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0884484254
• ISBN 13: 9780884484257
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Hogan Jamie