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Circle Unbroken: A Story of a Basket and Its People
Contributor(s): Raven, Margot Theis (Author), Lewis, E. B. (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0312376030     ISBN-13: 9780312376031
Publisher: Square Fish
OUR PRICE:   $8.99  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2007
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Annotation: With its rhythmic text and evocative paintings, this powerful picture book spirals through time, becoming a triumphant song that keeps the African heritage of making baskets alive--a rich story of a craft, a culture, and a people.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Africa
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Values & Virtues
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2002024009
Lexile Measure: 1050
Physical Information: 0.14" H x 9.48" W x 9.98" (0.48 lbs) 48 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - African
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 77831
Reading Level: 4.5   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:

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.


Contributor Bio(s): Raven, Margot Theis: - MARGOT THEIS RAVEN and E. B. LEWIS collaborated on Circle Unbroken, a Booklist Top 10 Black History Book for Youth. Raven lives in Charleston, South Carolina.Lewis, E. B.: - E. B. Lewis won the 2005 Caldecott Honor Book for Coming On Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson and the 2003 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, for Talkin' About Bessie by Nikki Grimes. Mr. Lewis teaches illustration at Philadelphia's University of the Arts. He lives in Folsom, New Jersey.