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hH O -H CM Marta Marychuk Reporter mmarychuk@oakvillebeaver.com CM Artscene est of Reading Award. In 2 0 1 5 , looking for resources to explain the Syrian Civil W ar to her own children, Del Rizzo came across the article of a boy who took solace in a connection with wild birds at the Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan. Struck by the universality of a child's relationship to animals, she began writing My Beautiful Birds , w hich was published in March 2017. My Beautiful Birds has also won the Malka Penn Award for Hu man Rights in Children's Litera ture, and received a honourable mention for the Middle East Book Award. "Connected to your Community" CD _Q E O CD O "O CD Book by Oakville author recognized by NewYarkTimes My Beautiful Birds, by Oakville author-illustrator Suzanne Del Rizzo, is one of eight books select ed for the New York Times Notable Children's Books of 2 0 1 7 list in the picture book category. The book is a moving story about one boy's refugee experience in the Syrian Civil W ar and the birds who help him on the road to emotional healing Del Rizzo traded her job in sci entific research for a career in chil dren's illustration with her first picture book, Skink on the Brink , which won the Society of Chil dren's Book Writers and Illustra tors (SCBWI) Crystal Kite Award and was a finalist for the Rainfor- C O =5 o c LU 00 § LU o q ci o ±± q E CD _£Z CD C O Suzanne `Del `Rizzo My Beautiful Birds, by Oakville author-illustrator Suzanne Del Rizzo, is one of eight books selected for the New York Times Notable Children's Books of 2017 list in the picture book category. | Pajama Press photos 171 Speers Road (at Kerr) Oakville 905-338-6397 www.film.ca STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (STC) D ECEM BER 15 th FERD IN A N D (STC) D ECEM BER 15 th ju m a n ji : w e l c o m e t o THE J u NGLE (STC) De c e m ber 20 th THE GREATEST (STC) D ECEM BER 20 th sho w m an PITCH PERFECT 3 (STC) D ECEM BER 22 nd facebook.com/filmca @FilmCaCinemas