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One small blue bead / Byrd Baylor ; pictures by Ronald Himler.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Scribner, 1992.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 x 27 cmISBN:
  • 0684193345 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 20
LOC classification:
  • PZ8.3.B348 On 1992
Summary: A boy makes it possible for an old man in their primitive tribe to go in search of other men in far-off places.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction Historical Events Baylor, Byrd Available 33111004045254
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A band of men sat huddled in a cave
Where coals of fire glowed warm and red.
Boy lay curled on a bed of leaves
But he sat up when an old man said: "This thought keeps spinning in my head.
There must be caves just like our own
Somewhere
And other axes made of stone
Somewhere
And other men like me."
Though only Boy shares his dream, the old man leaves the tribe to search for what the world may hold. Boy does the old man's work in his absence and watches hopefully for his return...
For any good thing
Can happen when
The world is full of
Tribes of men
Who know that they have brothers.
First published in 1965 and long out of print, Byrd Baylor's powerful story is newly illustrated with Ronald Himler's vigorous yet tender pictures.

A boy makes it possible for an old man in their primitive tribe to go in search of other men in far-off places.

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