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Town Is by the Sea
written and illustrated by Dasha Tolstikova
Illustrator: Sydney Smith
Ages: 6+
Published: 2017
Publisher: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
ISBN: 978-1-55498-871-6
Keywords: Coal Mining, Daily life, Resignation
Throughout his daily activities, a boy muses about his father, an undersea coal miner, resigned to a similar future. Lyrical refrains. Evocative and muted color illustrations.