{"title":"Sara Cassidy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSara Cassidy\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts engaging stories that capture the imagination of young readers. Her books often explore themes of friendship, family, and the natural world, blending heartfelt emotion with vivid storytelling. Titles like \u003cem\u003eFlock\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHelen's Birds\u003c\/em\u003e showcase her talent for creating memorable characters and settings that resonate with children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of contemporary children's literature, Cassidy's work invites readers to reflect on kindness, adventure, and self-discovery. Her stories offer gentle life lessons woven into accessible, charming narratives that appeal to both early readers and those ready for more thoughtful tales.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"helens-birds-by-sara-cassidy-9781773060385","title":"Helen's Birds","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Sara Cassidy, acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eA Boy Named Queen\u003c\/em\u003e, comes a stunning wordless graphic novel about friendship, loss and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor as long as Saanvi can remember, she has been friends with her elderly neighbour Helen. They play cards and garden together and, especially, care for the wild birds that visit Helen's yard. When Helen dies suddenly, a \"For Sale\" sign goes up, and movers arrive, emptying the house of its furniture and stripping the yard of its birdfeeders. The sparrows and hummingbirds disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSoon a bulldozer tears down Helen's house. All winter, Saanvi walks numbly past the property as developers begin to build condos. Then one spring day, amid the dust and turmoil of construction, she finds a weathered playing card wedged between two rocks. She holds it to her chest, and finally sobs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a tearful night, Saanvi wakes inspired. She slathers peanut butter on pinecones to hang from tree branches, hammers together a birdhouse from scrap wood and drags a kitchen stool outside to hold a bowl of water. Finally, she retrieves a nest that has been unraveling on Helen's old property and places it in a tree in her own yard. Saanvi's yard soon fills with Helen's birds. They have a home again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautifully illustrated, wordless graphic novel shows Saanvi's journey through close friendship, then hollowing loss and change, until she finally finds hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.1\u003cbr\u003eRefer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47536640917740,"sku":"9781773060385","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781773060385-helen-s-birds.jpg?v=1776385352"},{"product_id":"flock-by-sara-cassidy-9781773064406","title":"Flock","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this fantastical story, a flock of feathery friends show up for a feast!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLunch turns into bird food when a little girl starts feeding birds at the bus stop. First, a pigeon she names Serious comes pecking, and then Fancy and Sleepy gather to gobble up the offerings. But what happens when more and more birds want to join in on the feast? 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