Emma's Story
  • Published: 15 May 2011
  • ISBN: 9780887766329
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 24
  • RRP: $35.00

Emma's Story

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When Emma sets out to make a cookie family with her Grandma, the happy afternoon suddenly turns sad. The cookies are meant to look like her family, but hers is the only one with licorice hair and eyes. She doesn’t look like the others; does that mean she doesn’t belong?

In gentle text, Deborah Hodge tells the story of one small girl’s adoption: the hopes and prayers of her Canadian parents, their trip to the other side of the world, their meeting with the new baby, and the very long ride home to the new family waiting for Emma

Thousands of baby girls from China have been adopted by North American families. Although this lovely book tells the story of one such little girl, it is about much more than the logistics of adoption. It is about the many ways in which we can come together to form a family.
  • Published: 15 May 2011
  • ISBN: 9780887766329
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 24
  • RRP: $35.00
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About the author

Deborah Hodge

Tundra Author Deborah Hodge is the award-winning author of more than 20 books for children. They include picture books, Canadian history, and wildlife, science and nature books. Her recent title, Lily and the Mixed-up Letters, was chosen by IBBY as an Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities. Deborah also won the Information Book Award from the Children’s Literature Roundtable of Canada.

Before becoming an author, Deborah was a primary school teacher, then a curriculum writer, editor and instructional designer for the British Columbia Ministry of Education. Today, she works as a full-time writer and as a speaker at conferences and schools. She says, "Although I'm not teaching any more, I still feel like I'm talking to my students whenever I write a book. I love the challenge of trying to create something that young readers will find interesting."

Deborah lives in Vancouver, BC, with her husband and family.

Also by Deborah Hodge

Rescuing the Children
Lily and the Mixed-Up Letters
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Praise for Emma's Story

–Publishers Weekly

“Hodge writes with a quiet tenderness, creating the mood of the story…. Zhang’s soft, but wonderfully detailed illustrations match the mood of the story perfectly… Highly Recommended.”

–CM Magazine

“[A] gentle and warm tale…[with] beautiful paintings that are superbly rendered with incredible detail…. [A]n invaluable adoption tale…”

–Resource Links

“…timely… The softness of Zhang’s paintings, rich in detail, matches the mood of the text… heartwarming…”

–Montreal Review of Books

“Skillful paintings … realistic, detailed illustrations … The layout balances text and art neatly.”

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