My Family and Other Endangered Species
- Publisher
- Playwrights Canada Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2016
- Subjects
- Theater, Canadian
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A simple book with the cover, author, and logo images described. This book contains various accessibility features such as a table of contents, page list, landmarks, correct reading order, structural navigation, and semantic structure. A number of blank pages in the print equivalent book have been removed resulting in some pages not appearing in this digital EPUB. This publication conforms to WCAG 2.0 Level AA.
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WCAG level AA
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781770915213
- Publish Date
- Apr 2016
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Description
Nine-year-old Phineas interprets the world through his encyclopedic knowledge of animals, but some human behaviour is just too puzzling. Take for example his mom, who insists he learn to fall asleep on his own, even though all young mammals sleep with their mothers; or his dad, who recently picked up and left the family, a behaviour quite unlike other mate-for-life animals. And then there’s the constant news from his favourite TV station, the Green Channel, about how humans are ruining the environment, a fact Phin is growing increasingly anxious about. So when his fourth-grade class gets a White’s tree frog as a pet, all of Phin’s anxieties come to a boil.
About the authors
Ellen Close is an actor, playwright, and the artistic director of Downstage, a Calgary-based company producing Canadian work that creates conversations around social issues. Her new work with her collaborator Braden Griffiths, Cipher, was commissioned by Vertigo Theatre and recently won the Alberta Playwriting Competition.
Braden Griffiths is a Calgary-based actor, playwright, director, and puppet builder. He holds a B.F.A. in Drama from the University of Calgary.
Awards
- Winner, Calgary Theatre Critics' Award Best New Script
Editorial Reviews
[Phin is] one part Holden Caulfield, the rebel yell of Catcher in the Rye, and one part Dr. Spock, (albeit with the emotional detachment completely gone AWOL).
Calgary Herald
Fantastically entertaining, funny and smart.
CBC Calgary’s Eyeopener