The Memory String

Zusatztext 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 of the family and the emotions that cross them." Booklist, ALA Informationen zum Autor Eve Bunting was the beloved, award-winning author of more than two hundred and fifty books for young people, including the Caldecott Medal-winning Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz, The Wall, Fly Away Home, and Train to Somewhere. The late TED RAND was the esteemed illustrator of many picture books, including Eve Bunting's Secret Place and The Memory String. Klappentext 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 that a memory string is not just for remembering the past: it's also for recording new memories. Zusammenfassung 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 that a memory string is not just for remembering the past: it’s also for recording new memories. ...

Product details

• Authors: Eve Bunting, Ted Rand
• Assisted by: Ted Rand (Illustration)
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 7
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2001
• EAN: 9780395861462
• ISBN: 978-0-395-86146-2
• Dimensions: 268 mm x 262 mm x 11 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Fiction > Narrative literature; Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Runaways, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Violence, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Bullying, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Stepfamilies, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Marriage & Divorce, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Runaways, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Strangers