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6%OFFEve Bunting - The Memory String - 9780544555471 - 9780544555471
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The Memory String

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Description for The Memory String paperback. Laura discovers that a memory string is not just for remembering the past: it's also for recording new memories. Each button on Laura's memory string represents a piece of her family history. The buttons Laura cherishes the most belonged to her mother - a button from her prom dress and one from the nightgown she was wearing on the day she died. Num Pages: 40 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: YBCS. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 257 x 256 x 4. Weight in Grams: 198.
Each button on Laura's memory string represents a piece of her family history. The buttons Laura cherishes the most belonged to her mother - a button from her prom dress, a white one off her wedding dress, and a single small button from the nightgown she was wearing on the day she died. When the string breaks, Laura's new stepmother, Jane, is there to comfort Laura and search for a missing button, just as Laura's mother would have done. But it's not the same - Jane isn't Mom. In Eve Bunting's moving story, beautifully illustrated by Ted Rand, Laura discovers ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Clarion Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
40
Place of Publication
Boston, United States
ISBN
9780544555471
SKU
9780544555471
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2

About Eve Bunting
Eve Bunting has written more than two hundred books for children, including the Caldecott Medal-winning Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz, The Wall, Fly Away Home, and Trains to Somewhere. She lives in Southern California. The late Ted Rand was the esteemed illustrator of many picture books, including Eve Bunting's The Memory String and Secret ... Read more

Reviews for The Memory String
Bunting has found an original way to tell an old story about making room for new memories. Kirkus Reviews the story offers a hopeful beginning and invites readers to think about ways to remember family history School Library Journal The earnestness...is balanced with tenderness, and Rand's realistic artwork concentrates on the faces ... Read more

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