<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for "Smith, Heather"]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for "Smith, Heather"]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/portmoody/rss/search?query=%22Smith%2C%20Heather%22&amp;searchType=author&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:13:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Granny Left Me A Rocket Ship]]></title><link>https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S56C475114</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S56C475114</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Smith, Heather]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/475114056</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781525305528/MC.GIF&amp;client=portmpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden]]></title><description><![CDATA[andamp;#9733; "Smith spins a quietly moving narrative...Wada's large-scale woodblock style illustrations are a perfect complement to the story's restrained text...The graceful way in which this book handles a sensitive and serious subject makes it a first purchase."&#8212; School Library Journal When the tsunami destroyed Makio's village, Makio lost his father . . . and his voice. The entire village is silenced by grief, and the young child's anger at the ocean grows. Then one day his neighbor, Mr. Hirota, begins a mysterious project&#8212;building a phone booth in his garden. At first Makio is puzzled; the phone isn't connected to anything. It just sits there, unable to ring. But as more and more villagers are drawn to the phone booth, its purpose becomes clear to Makio: the disconnected phone is connecting people to their lost loved ones. Makio calls to the sea to return what it has taken from him and ultimately finds his voice and solace in a phone that carries words on the wind. The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden is inspired by the true story of the wind phone in Otsuchi, Japan, which was created by artist Itaru Sasaki. He built the phone booth so he could speak to his cousin who had passed, saying, "My thoughts couldn't be relayed over a regular phone line, I wanted them to be carried on the wind." The Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in 2011 destroyed the town of Otsuchi, claiming 10 percent of the population. Residents of Otsuchi and pilgrims from other affected communities have been traveling to the wind phone since the tsunami.]]></description><link>https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S56C444388</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S56C444388</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Smith, Heather]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/444388056</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459828179/MC.GIF&amp;client=portmpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Plan for Pops]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lou spends every Saturday with Grandad and Pops. They walk to the library hand in hand, like a chain of paper dolls. Grandad reads books about science and design, Pops listens to rock and roll, and Lou bounces from lap to lap. But everything changes one Saturday. Pops has a fall. That night there is terrible news: Pops will need to use a wheelchair, not just for now, but for always. Unable to cope with his new circumstances, he becomes withdrawn and shuts himself in his room. Hearing Grandad trying to cheer up Pops inspires Lou to make a plan. Using skills learned from Grandad, and with a little help from their neighbors, Lou comes up with a plan for Pops.]]></description><link>https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S56C444389</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S56C444389</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Smith, Heather]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/444389056</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459822986/MC.GIF&amp;client=portmpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Une idee pour papi]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dans cet album, un enfant aide ses grands-parents áa s'adapter áa un changement difficile de leurs capacitâes.]]></description><link>https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S56C402977</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S56C402977</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[fre]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Smith, Heather]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/402977056</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>fre</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459822061/MC.GIF&amp;client=portmpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the tsunami destroyed Makio's village, Makio lost his father . . . and his voice. The entire village is silenced by grief, and the young child's anger at the ocean grows. Then one day his neighbor, Mr. Hirota, begins a mysterious project-building a phone booth in his garden. At first Makio is puzzled; the phone isn't connected to anything. It just sits there, unable to ring. But as more and more villagers are drawn to the phone booth, its purpose becomes clear to Makio: the disconnected phone is connecting people to their lost loved ones. Makio calls to the sea to return what it has taken from him and ultimately finds his voice and solace in a phone that carries words on the wind. The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden is inspired by the true story of the wind phone in Otsuchi, Japan, which was created by artist Itaru Sasaki. He built the phone booth so he could speak to his cousin who had passed, saying, "My thoughts couldn't be relayed over a regular phone line, I wanted them to be carried on the wind." The Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in 2011 destroyed the town of Otsuchi, claiming 10 percent of the population. Residents of Otsuchi and pilgrims from other affected communities have been traveling to the wind phone since the tsunami.]]></description><link>https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S56C406245</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S56C406245</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Smith, Heather]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/406245056</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459821040/MC.GIF&amp;client=portmpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicken Girl]]></title><link>https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S56C346283</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S56C346283</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Smith, Heather]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/346283056</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780143198680/MC.GIF&amp;client=portmpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Plan for Pops]]></title><link>https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S56C379015</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S56C379015</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Smith, Heather]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/379015056</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459816145/MC.GIF&amp;client=portmpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Agony of Bun O'Keefe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Little Miss Sunshine meets Room in this quirky, heartwarming story of friendship, loyalty and discovery. It's Newfoundland, 1986. Fourteen-year-old Bun O'Keefe has lived a solitary life in an unsafe, unsanitary house. Her mother is a compulsive hoarder, and Bun has had little contact with the outside world. What she's learned about life comes from the random books and old VHS tapes that she finds in the boxes and bags her mother brings home. Bun and her mother rarely talk, so when Bun's mother tells Bun to leave one day, she does. Hitchhiking out of town, Bun ends up on the streets of St. John's, Newfoundland. Fortunately, the first person she meets is Busker Boy, a street musician who senses her naivety and takes her inches Together they live in a house with an eclectic cast of characters: Chef, a hotel dishwasher with culinary dreams; Cher, a drag queen with a tragic past; Big Eyes, a Catholic school girl desperately trying to reinvent herself; and The Landlord, a man who Bun is told to avoid at all cost. Through her experiences with her new roommates, and their sometimes tragic revelations, Bun learns that the world extends beyond the walls of her mother's house and discovers the joy of being part of a new family ; a family of friends who care.]]></description><link>https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S56C377265</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S56C377265</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Smith, Heather]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/377265056</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780143198666/MC.GIF&amp;client=portmpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tig]]></title><link>https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S56C500680</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S56C500680</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Smith, Heather]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://portmoody.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/500680056</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780735267497/MC.GIF&amp;client=portmpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>