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Author:

McDonnell, Christine, author.

Title:

When the babies came to stay / by Christine McDonnell ; pictures by Jeanette Bradley.

Publisher:

Viking,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm

Other Authors:

Bradley, Jeanette, illustrator.

Notes:

"A gentle, humorous story has a significant message of love and acceptance."--Provided by publisher.

Summary:

"The first baby arrived on the mail plane, the second two on the ferry, the fourth asleep on a pile of nets, smelling of mackerel. Who were the babies? Where did they come from? The notes left with them said "Please keep this baby safe" and "Please give my child shelter." Only the librarian can take them home, and the library is where they grow up. The whole island helps to raise them. The fisherman teaches them to cast from the pier, the ferryman shows them charts of the sea, and from the harbormaster they learn to recognize birds. "Who are you?" other children ask. "Why don't you look alike?" The librarian gathers them in her arms. "Families don't always look alike," she says. "And where we're going is more important than where we came from.""--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781984835451
1984835459

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1107442614

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FMPC224 -- Guttenberg Public Library (Guttenberg)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

CYPF706 -- Musser Public Library (Muscatine)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)