1016 Balmoral Road, Victoria, BC, Canada V8T 1A8
1016 Balmoral Road, Victoria, BC, Canada V8T 1A8
★“Discusses illness and depression with gentleness that helps make the big feelings that can go with them less overwhelming. Touching and playful illustrations complement a story that handles themes of illness, depression, and aging with empathy and understanding.”—School Library Journal (SLJ), starred review
A love of pie brings a young girl and her grandfather together through good times and bad in this moving story about connection and compassion.
Noor and Granddad love pie. Lemon meringue, blueberry crisp, chocolate cream…they have a pie for every occasion and spend a wonderful summer together trying each one. When vacation ends, Noor must say goodbye and fly home. But despite an ocean of distance between them, and Granddad’s declining health, the pair continue to connect through their shared passion for pastry by meeting for video chats. These weekly pie reports let them chat about what’s new and, of course, discuss and eat pie!
Then one day, Granddad doesn’t log in. He’s experiencing more blue days and doesn’t feel like talking. Noor decides to write down her pie reports, holding space for Granddad until he feels ready.
Hayley Lowe is an illustrator and storyteller and enjoys exploring a range of media. In a previous chapter of her life, Hayley worked as a contemporary dancer and as a children’s yoga instructor, where she used storytelling as a tool to teach and ignite imaginations. Hayley lives with her husband and daughter in Vancouver. She is the author-illustrator of The Pie Reports and the illustrator of Diaper Kid and Memory Stones.
