Denison Avenue Bookfair Activity Echo Desjardins

Echo Desjardins

Their leopard king was strong but gentle and wise

sharing stories about his castmates and other stars he met along the way

* "Wetzel knows how to organize the facts and tell a good story

for the whale and all earth’s creatures

Denison Avenue Bookfair Activity Echo DesjardinsShortlisted for 2024 Canada Reads Finalist for the 2024 Carnegie Medals for Excellence through the American Library Association A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vulnerable Chinese Canadian elders Bringing together ink artwork and fiction, Denison Avenue by Daniel Innes (illustrations) and Christina Wong (text) follows the elderly Wong Cho Sum, who, living in Torontos gentrifying