Circle Unbroken
As she teaches her granddaughter to sew a traditional sweetgrass basket, a grandmother weaves a story, going back generations to her grandfather's village in faraway Africa. There, as a boy, he learned to make baskets so tightly woven they could hold the rain. Even after being stolen away to a...
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As she teaches her granddaughter to sew a traditional sweetgrass basket, a grandmother weaves a story, going back generations to her grandfather's village in faraway Africa. There, as a boy, he learned to make baskets so tightly woven they could hold the rain. Even after being stolen away to a slave ship bound for America, he remembers what he learned and passes these memories on to his children - as they do theirs.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312376031 (0312376030)
Publish date: December 26th 2007
Publisher: Square Fish
Pages no: 48
Edition language: English
Deceptively simple story is very powerful and at the same time quite warm and accessible. Lovely watercolor illustrations.