The Shortest Day
Dublin Core
Title
The Shortest Day
Creator
Cooper, Susan (author)
Ellis, Carson (illustrator)
Description
Carson's illustrations accompany the text of Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day," initially written for stage performances. The book explores the celebration of the year's shortest day in the past and in the present, showing many races, genders, and ages connecting with winter.
Publisher
Candlewick Press (publisher)
Walker Books Ltd (publisher)
Date
2019
Format
Print book (hardcover), 32 pages, colour illustrations, 9.38 x 0.39 x 10.63 in.
Type
Book
Language
language: English
Source
“The Shortest Day.” Amazon.com, https://www.amazon.com/Shortest-Day-Susan-Cooper/dp/0763686980/. Accessed 26 February 2022.
The Shortest Day.” Candlewick Press, https://www.candlewick.com/cat.asp?browse=Title&mode=book&isbn=0763686980&pix=y. Accessed 26 February 2022.
Vera Hadzic (cataloguer, 2022)
Identifier
ISBN 9780763686987
Book Item Type Metadata
Original Format of Book
picture book
Character Type
group (characters)
human (secondary characters)
Race/Ethnicity
white, assumed (secondary characters)
Asian (secondary characters)
brown skin (secondary characters)
Gender Identity
girl/woman (secondary characters)
boy/man (secondary characters)
Citation
Cooper, Susan (author) and Ellis, Carson (illustrator), “The Shortest Day,” Windows and Mirrors: Diversity in Books for Young Readers, accessed October 3, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/windowsandmirrors/items/show/254.
Item Relations
| This Item | is a work written by | Item: Cooper, Susan |
| This Item | is a work illustrated by | Item: Ellis, Carson |