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The sun is a peach  Cover Image Book Book

The sun is a peach / Sara Cassidy ; illustrated by Josée Bisaillon.

Cassidy, Sara. (Author). Bisaillon, Josée. (Added Author).

Summary:

A picture book that explores the concept of metaphor.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1459818679 (bo.)
  • ISBN: 9781459818675 (bo.)
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations
  • Publisher: [Victoria, British Columbia] : Orca Book Publishers, 2020.

Content descriptions

Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 10.95
Subject: Metaphor > Juvenile fiction.
Sun > Juvenile fiction.

Available copies

  • 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cookstown Branch BB Cassi 31681020135034 BOARDBOOK Checked out 10/25/2025

  • Baker & Taylor
    A young child describes the sun with everyday items, including a peach, an egg yolk, and a spool of yellow thread.
  • Orca Book Publishers
    A simple board book that introduces little ones to the concept of metaphor.
  • Orca Book Publishers
    Key Selling Points

    • In this book a young child learns about metaphor, comparing their observations of the sun to other everyday objects they encounter through their day from dawn to dusk.
    • The Sun is a Peach and its companion title, The Moon is a Silver Pond, are the perfect introductions to metaphor with stunning illustrations using size, shape and texture to teach metaphor.
    • The author’s middle-grade novel, A Boy Named Queen, was a finalist for the Rocky Mountain Book Award, the Silver Birch Express Award, the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award and the Diamond Willow Award.

    Stunning illustrations by Josée Bisaillon capture how imagination shapes the environment around us.

    A young child walks along a country road into town where there’s a parade on. The experiences of the day, and the child’s eventual homecoming and bedtime, are chronicled and compared to the sun. The sun takes the form of the yolk of an egg, a spool of thread, the eye of a bird, an ice-cream cone and a dandelion. Each round, yellow item on the page hints at the big golden ball in the sky.

    This simple board book shows children that the way they see the world—by heart, mind and imagination—is just right. Revelling in metaphor, The Sun is a Peach encourages that magical leap of imagination and asks the reader to look at everyday objects from a different perspective.

    Available in French Le soleil est une pêche.


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