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Annie and the Old One. Illustrated by Peter Parnall.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, Little, Brown [1971]Edition: [1st ed.]Description: 44 p. illus. (part col.) 24 cmISBN:
  • 0316571202
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • [E]
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.M5944 An
Summary: A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.
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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 Tough Topics Miles, Miska Available 33111002686448
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A Newbery Honor Book

Winner of the Christopher Award

The concept of death is beautifully presented to young children in this moving story of a Navajo child's love for her grandmother and her reluctance to lose her.



Annie, a Navajo child, resorts to extremes in trying to prevent her dear grandmother from dying. The "old one'' has said she will return to Earth when she has finished helping Annie and Annie's mother to weave their new rug, so the child does everything she can to delay the project. When the grandmother explains her beliefs, Annie understands and no longer attempts to hold back time.

"An Atlantic Monthly Press book."

A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.

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