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I Know Here

by Laurel Croza · 2010

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The little girl in this story lives in a trailer near a forest where her father is building a dam. Everything in her world is familiar and precious to her. But the dam is nearly finished and the family is moving to the city, which the little girl knows only as a place marked by a big red star on the map at school. Have the city people seen what I have seen, she wonders? The teacher suggests that she draw something that she wants to remember to take away with her when she leaves, and the little girl decides to draw what she knows — her road and everything her world contains — so that she can keep it with her always.

Genre
literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
movingmovingMore like thisLess of thisdiversitydiversityMore like thisLess of thisnaturenatureMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2010s2010sMore like thisLess of thisCanadaCanadaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 40 pages

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