Research Catalog

Title

The tunnel / written by Sarah Howden ; illustrated by Erika Rodriguez Medina.

Author

Howden, Sarah

Publication

• Toronto, ON : Owlkids Books, [2022]
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rodriguez Medina, Erika
• Li, Karen (Editorial director)
• Russell, Ella

Description

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 27 cm

Summary

"After something bad happens, a child has trouble connecting with those around him. His loved ones try to reach out and talk to him, but he only feels like running away. So, from his room, he picks up a shovel and digs a tunnel deep down and out into the backyard. Outside in the dark, nobody knows where he is. But, seeing his mom in the window, his newfound distance offers him enough space to see the connection he needs. Something shifts inside him and he decides to return home. As he heads back through the tunnel, he travels less urgently. This time, the walls are familiar and the bugs know him. He lingers to greet them and smell the soil, eventually climbing back up into his square but cozy room. He covers up the hole to the tunnel and climbs into bed, just in time for the door to crack open and his mom to peek in. This time, when she hugs him, he doesn't feel like running away, but hugs her back tightly. When she notices a small twig in his hair and he explains that he made a tunnel out of there, she responds with understanding and warmth, only saying: "You came back."--

Subject

• Emotions > Juvenile fiction
• Grief in children > Juvenile fiction
• Loss (Psychology) > Juvenile fiction
• Mothers and sons > Juvenile fiction
• Mothers and sons
• Loss (Psychology)
• Grief in children
• Emotions
• Picture books for children

Genre/Form

• Picture books for children.
• Fiction.
• Juvenile works.
• Picture books.

Note

• "Edited by Karen Li and Ella Russell"--Colophon.

Audience (note)

• AD460L

Call Number

JFF 23-899

ISBN

• 9781771474276
• 1771474270

LCCN

2021939050

OCLC

1249948765

Author

Howden, Sarah, author.

Title

The tunnel / written by Sarah Howden ; illustrated by Erika Rodriguez Medina.

Publisher

Toronto, ON : Owlkids Books, [2022]

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Audience

AD460L Lexile

Added Author

Rodriguez Medina, Erika, illustrator.

Li, Karen (Editorial director), editor.

Russell, Ella, editor.

Research Call Number

JFF 23-899