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Night after night, as she weaves a long silk strand, Grandmother tells her granddaughter Yasuyo stories from her long life. Then one day Grandmother is gone. Saddened, Yasuyo walks in the garden. There she finds a beautiful and puzzling sight --a long silk strand hanging from the sky. Only when she climbs the silk strand to the top of the clouds does Yasuyo learn its true meaning.
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About the Author
Laura E. Williams is also the author of Torch Fishing with the Sun, among many other titles. She lives in Ohio.
Grayce Bochak is the illustrator of Paper Boats by Rabindranath Tagore. She lives in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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Ages 4^-8. Although this is an original story, it has the feel of a classic fairy tale; and the innovative paper collage art literally adds an extra dimension. The story, set in ancient Japan, begins as Yasuyo watches her grandmother tie together pieces of string into one long ball. As she winds, Grandmother tells Yasuyo the story each strand represents: the time she visited her own grandmother above the clouds, when she met her husband, her child's birth. One day she tells the last story and dies. Yasuyo follows the ball of string up to heaven, where it is her intention to stay with her grandmother, but finally the love still on earth leads the way back. The telling is stately but is also full of warmth. Children will appreciate the sentiment and will want a second and third look at the pictures, which use perspective, dimension, and sheer beauty to hold attention. Ilene Cooper
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- PublisherBoyds Mills Press
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 1563978563
- ISBN 13 9781563978562
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorBochak Grayce
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