Circle Unbroken: A Story of a Basket and Its People by Margot Theis Raven (Engli

Description: Circle Unbroken by Margot Theis Raven, E.B. Lewis With its rhythmic text and evocative paintings, this powerful picture book spirals through time, becoming a triumphant song that keeps the African heritage of making baskets alive--a rich story of a craft, a culture, and a people. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description As she teaches her granddaughter to sew a traditional sweetgrass basket, a grandmother weaves a story, going back generations to her grandfathers 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. Author Biography Margot Raven and E. B. Lewis collaborated on Circle Unbroken, a Booklist Top 10 Black History Book for Youth. Their most recent picture book was Night Boat to Freedom, published by FSG in 2006. The author lives in Charleston, South Carolina. The artist, a Caldecott Honor Medalist for Coming on Home Soon, lives in Folsom, New Jersey. Review "Gracefully constructed...as intricate as the baskets and the history to which it pays tribute." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "Clear poetic words and exquisite watercolor illustrations depict how the small circular basket holds the big circle of African-American history....Lewis astonishing pictures combine the panoramas of upheaval and war with portraits of individuals in small circles weaving and passing on their heritage in craft and story." --Booklist, Starred Review "Ravens text masterfully frames several hundred years of African-American history within the picture-book format. Lewiss double-page watercolor images are poignant and perfectly matched to the text and mood." --School Library Journal "In solemn Gullah cadences, an old woman passes on to a grandchild centuries of history embodied in the Sea Islands distinctive sweetgrass baskets...Powerfully evoking the passage of successive generations linked by the ancient skill." --Kirkus Reviews Long Description 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 grandfathers 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. Review Quote Ravens text masterfully frames several hundred years of African-American history within the picture-book format. Lewiss double-page watercolor images are poignant and perfectly matched to the text and mood. Description for Reading Group Guide In Margot Theis Ravens Circle Unbroken: The Story of a Basket and Its People , a grandmother shares family stories with her granddaughter while demonstrating the techniques of making the famous Gullah coiled basket. In West Africa, Grandmothers "old-timey" grandfather lived on the riverbanks near rice fields where he learned the art of weaving baskets. When grandfather was captured and transported to South Carolina as a slave, he continued sewing baskets in the traditional way. Today, tourists to the Sea Islands in South Carolina can buy baskets woven by descendants of slaves brought to America. An authors note provides excellent details about the history of the sweetgrass "coil" or Gullah basket, its history on Africas West Coast, and its journey to the Lowcountry of South Carolina and Georgia. Details ISBN0312376030 Author E.B. Lewis Short Title CIRCLE UNBROKEN Pages 48 Language English Illustrator E.B. Lewis ISBN-10 0312376030 ISBN-13 9780312376031 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Year 2007 Audience Age 4-8 DOI 10.1604/9780312376031 Imprint St Martins Press Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2007-12-26 NZ Release Date 2007-12-26 US Release Date 2007-12-26 UK Release Date 2007-12-26 Subtitle A Story of a Basket and Its People Publisher St Martins Press Publication Date 2007-12-26 Illustrations Illustrations, color Audience Children / Juvenile We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137286775;

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