The Memory String

Bunting, Eve; Rand, Ted [Illustrator]

ISBN 10: 0395861462 / ISBN 13: 9780395861462

Published by Clarion Books, 2000

About this Item

31 p., wonderful ill.; binding firm; pictorial boards pristine.

Seller Inventory # 034373

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Memory String
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395861462
• ISBN 13: 9780395861462
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Rand, Ted
• Condition: Unclipped, minimal wear
• Seller catalogs:
  • CHILDREN

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

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.

The late TED RAND was the esteemed illustrator of many picture books, including Eve Bunting's Secret Place and The Memory String.