Circle unbroken : the story of a basket and its people / Margot Theis Raven ; pictures by E.B. Lewis.
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TextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: [42] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN: - 0374312893
- [Fic] 22
- PZ7.R1955 Ci 2004
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Books for Big Kids | Raven, Margot Theis | Available | 33111003801947 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Keeping the African heritage alive
As she teaches her granddaughter to sew a traditional sweetgrass basket, a grandmother weaves a story, going back generations to her old-timey 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, so that
. . . when your fingers talk just right
that circle will go out and out again -
past slavery and freedom, old ways and new,
and your basket will hold the past . . .
This powerful picture book, with its rhythmic text and evocative paintings, spirals through time, becoming a triumphant song - a rich story of a craft, a culture, and a people.
"Melanie Kroupa books."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [42]).
A grandmother tells the tale of Gullahs and their beautiful sweetgrass baskets that keep their African heritage alive.