{"id":2269,"date":"2014-07-04T14:36:15","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T14:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontowots.wordpress.com\/?p=2269"},"modified":"2015-08-13T15:11:30","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T15:11:30","slug":"what-the-word-on-the-street-is-reading-from-there-to-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/what-the-word-on-the-street-is-reading-from-there-to-here\/","title":{"rendered":"What The Word On The Street is Reading: From There to Here"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week I decided to read one of the\u00a0many wonderful Canadian children\u2019s books that we have in The Word On The Street office. I chose\u00a0From There to Here\u00a0<\/em>written by Laurel Croza<\/a>, illustrated by\u00a0Matt James, and published by\u00a0Groundwood Books<\/a>. Laurel and Matt\u00a0will be reading from the book on September 21st\u00a0\u00a0in the TD\u00a0Children\u2019s Literature\u00a0Tent.<\/p>\n


\nAbout the book<\/strong><\/p>\n

A little girl and her family have just moved across the country by train. Their new neighborhood in the city of Toronto is very different from their home in the Saskatchewan bush, and at first everything about “there” seems better than “here.”<\/p>\n

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From There to Here<\/em> is the\u00a0continuation of the story begun in Laurel Croza and Matt James’ first book I Know Here<\/em>\u00a0(Groundwood, 2010). The eight-year-old narrator and her family have moved\u00a0to Toronto, and she notes how different her new location is compared to her former home.<\/p>\n

There, her dad built a dam across the Saskatchewan River, here he builds a highway. There they saw stars and the northern lights together, here her brother takes the bus to the CNE without her. The girl’s memories and observations are simple and poetic, and convey the longing she feels for her old home and life.\u00a0Fortunately, a new friendship in Toronto and a fun bike ride through parking lots and past apartment buildings make the girl smile again.<\/p>\n

Having moved from the country to the city\u00a0when I was a kid, I remember having feelings and thoughts like\u00a0the girl in\u00a0From There to Here. <\/em>Suddenly\u00a0transitioning from forest paths to city sidewalks\u00a0was pretty shocking,\u00a0but just like in the book, new friends and explorations helped me come to see the positives of my new home.<\/p>\n

From There to Here<\/em>\u00a0to here is a beautifully written and illustrated book, and one that I think will appeal to children getting used to a change\u00a0in their own lives, or those who are interested in what life is like “there” in different parts of Canada.<\/p>\n

– Cailin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week I decided to read one of the\u00a0many wonderful Canadian children\u2019s books that we have in The Word On The Street office. I chose\u00a0From There to Here\u00a0written by Laurel Croza, illustrated by\u00a0Matt James, and published by\u00a0Groundwood Books. Laurel and Matt\u00a0will be reading from the book on September 21st\u00a0\u00a0in the TD\u00a0Children\u2019s Literature\u00a0Tent. About the book […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[114,109],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2269"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2294,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269\/revisions\/2294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}