Sky sweeper / Phillis Gershator ; pictures by Holly Meade.
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TextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN: - 0374370079 (hc.)
- 9780374370077 (hc.)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | 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 | Gershator, Phillis | Available | 33111004954356 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Young Takeboki needs a job and the monks in the temple need a flower keeper - so Takeboki sets to work, sweeping up flowers and leaves and creating swirling miniature worlds of his own in the temple garden. As the years go by, others ask him: Don't you want a better job? But as the seasons shift, each as beautiful as the last, Takeboki knows the pleasures of nature and of humbly doing a job well. He is happy. Luminous collage illustrations created from delicate Japanese papers by a Caldecott Honor artist bring to life this thought-provoking tale that, with its Zen Buddhist sensibility, has much to say about work, wisdom, and the joy of being true to oneself.
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Despite criticism for his lack of "accomplishments," Takiboki finds contentment sweeping flower blossoms and raking the sand and gravel in the monks' temple garden. Includes a note on the art and beauty of Japanese gardens.