Close your eyes, my baby. This too shall pass. Hush the hurt, my heart. Tears may fall, but I am here, so hush. Hush is the story of a mother's love, unyielding over the years. Sara is a happy little girl — like most kids she has not a care in the world. But every now and then she finds herself feeling less than happy -sometimes sad, sometimes hurt. Who can she turn to? Mom. A mom is always there with a hug and soothing words to make everything better, really as only a mother can. Now Sara is growing up and will soon leave her mother to start a life of her own. Will teenage Sara still seek the comfort of mom when life takes its turns? And what will grown-up Sara do when her own daughter suffers childhood's bumps and bruises? With dynamic colour illustrations, Hush is a wonderfully poetic dedication to that unique everlasting bond between mother and child.

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Alice Priestley has illustrated numerous books including five other children’s stories. Out on the Ice in the Middle of the Bay was shortlisted for a Mr. Christie Book Award and the Amelia Frances Gibbon Award. Her other books include Winning the Girl of the Sea, The Watcher, Clouds on the Mountain and Someone’s Reading This Book. She lives in Toronto with her husband and children.

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