Name: Memory Jars
SKU: 53510750
Price: 20.91 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Vera Brosgol
ISBN: 9781250314871

Type

Physical Book

Author

Vera Brosgol

Publisher

Roaring Brook Press

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

28.2x21.6x1.3 cm

Weight

0.50 kg.

ISBN13

9781250314871

Synopsis "Memory Jars "

A young girl finds a clever way to keep her favorite things--and people--close to her forever in Memory Jars, from Caldecott Honoree Vera Brosgol. Freda is devastated when she can't eat all the delicious blueberries she's picked. She has to wait a whole year before they're back, and she doesn't want to lose them! Then Gran reminds her that they can save blueberries in a jar, as jam. So Freda begins to save all her favorite things. But it turns out that saving everything also means she can't enjoy anything, and Freda realizes that some things are best saved as memories. A Booklist Editors' Choice Winner for 2021Reviews"Upset that she can't eat every bucketful of blueberries she picked with her gran all in the same afternoon ("they were the best right then and they'd never be any better"), a lovably quirky girl takes "preserving" to a whole new level. Add Brosgol's signature big-eyed characters, a touch of dark humor and a mouthwatering jam recipe, and you've got all the ingredients for a sequel." -The New York Times

Vera Brosgol

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Vera Brosgol is an author and illustrator born in Moscow in 1984 and has been living in the United States since she was five. Educated in classical animation at Sheridan College, she has worked in studios like Laika, participating in films such as Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings. Her first graphic novel, Anya's Ghost (2011), received the Eisner and Harvey awards in 2012, as well as the Cybils Award in 2011

Among her most notable works are Be Prepared (2018), an autobiographical graphic novel about her experience at a Russian camp, and Leave Me Alone! (2016), which earned a Caldecott Honor in 2017. Her style combines humor, sensitivity, and a meticulous aesthetic, addressing themes like identity, belonging, and adolescence.

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