Sheree Fitch's playful words invite you to celebrate our differences, our gifts, our weaknesses, and our sameness in this powerful tribute to mental health.
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- jC813/.54 [Fic]
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- 23 23
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- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Originally produced as a fundraiser to support the Nova Scotia Hospital and to raise awareness for mental health and addiction"--Dust jacket Originally published: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia Hospital Foundation, 2001. Original edition illustrated by Laura Jolicoeur."--Colophon Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 1771086009 9781771088169
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- PZ7.F5607 PR9199.3.F537 PS8561 I86
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- Ev 2018eb E93 2018eb E93 2018eb
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- 1 electronic text (32 unnumbered pages)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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- (CaBNVSL)kck00240823 (OCoLC)1035248817 (CaOOCEL)458782
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- Title proper/short title
- Everybody is different on EveryBody Street
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- COCUF
Table of Contents
- If ever you go travelling On EveryBody Street Youll see EveryBodys Different Than EveryOne you meet 3
- Some lope along giraffe-like Some shuffle hippopotami Some strut about like peacocks Others Ostrich-shy. 4
- Some yap like wee chihuahuas Some flap like cawing crows Some are meditating dolphins Others Tortoise-turtle slow. 4
- Some thunder-walk like elephants Some dance about like ants Some are wearing purple polka-dotted Zebra-striped pants 4
- Yes Some are wearing purple polka-dotted Zebra-striped pants 4
- If ever you go travelling On EveryBody Street Youll see EveryBodys Different Than EveryOne you meet 5
- Some live messy as tornadoes Some are paper-clipping neat Some grow juicy red tomatoes Some dont have enough to eat. 6
- Some of us walk arabesque Some of us walk jive Some of us waltz weary Some of ussurvive. 6
- If ever you go travelling On EveryBody Street Youll see EveryBodys Different Than EveryOne you meet 7
- Some of us hold bags of hope Like babies in our arms Some hop over sidewalk cracks In search of good luck charms. 8
- Some are hiding pride inside Were human helium balloons Some of us dont love ourselves Some migrate to the moon. 8
- Some of us wear hats of worry Seven stories high Most of us are in a hurry And we often dont know why... And we often dont know why. 8
- If ever you go travelling On EveryBody Street Youll see EveryBodys Different Than EveryOne you meet 9
- Some give compliments and bear hugs Some are aching for applause 10
- All perfect all flaws 10
- If ever you go travelling On EveryBody Street Youll see EveryBodys Different Than EveryOne you meet 11
- Some are cuddly koalas Looking for some special One Some of us have family Some of us have none. 12
- Some are alligator angry Some orangutans at play Some are bored as buffaloes Some hummingbirds that pray. 12
- Some of us have visions Some of us have schemes Most of us have wishes All of us have dreams. 12
- If ever you go travelling On EveryBody Street Youll see EveryBodys Different Than EveryOne you meet 13
- Some prefer the sunshine Some live in the dark Some of us have shelter Some sleep in the park. 14
- Some are mad as thunder Some are sad as rain Most of us are glad at times Andall of us know pain. 14
- If ever you go travelling to EveryBody Street This is what you come to understand 15
- You EveryBody EveryOne 15
- Thats what EveryBody knows Down on EveryBody Street. 15
- Yes 16
- Is travelling on EveryBody Street 16
- And EveryOne EveryOne 16
- And you meet. 16
- AnyOne 16
- Everything comes to one and we dance on dance on dance on. Theodore Roethke 17
- In loving memory of Richard Wagamese.SF 18
- To Lineo Lerotholi Peter Rich who taught me so much about caring for everybody on any street.EF 18
- Text copyright 2018 Sheree Fitch Artwork copyright 2018 Emma FitzGerald 18
- Nimbus Publishing Limited 3731 Mackintosh St Halifax NS B3K 5A5 902 455-4286 nimbus.ca 18
- Printed and bound in Canada 18
- NB1330 18
- Design Heather Bryan 18
- Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Fitch Sheree author Everybodys different on EveryBody Street words by Sheree Fitch art by Emma FitzGerald. 18
- I. FitzGerald Emma 1982- illustrator II. Title. PS8561.I86E93 2018 jC813.54 C2017-907901-8 C2017-907902-6 18
