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Title: How a Shirt Grew in the Field
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date: 1992
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0395597617
ISBN 13: 9780395597613
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Erika Weihs
Condition: Very Good
Weight: 0.815 pounds

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Curious about where the cloth for his shirt comes from, Vasya watches as his father sows flax seeds, the flax seeds sprout and grow, and the plants are harvested and made into cloth by his mother and sisters.

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Kindergarten-Grade 2-- A newly illustrated edition of a story first published in 1967 (McGraw; o.p.). Vasya, a Ukrainian boy, is puzzled when his father tells him he is sowing flax seeds `` ` . . . so that shirts will grow for you and baby Anya.' '' How can a shirt grow in the field? The boy watches every step in the lengthy process of turning flax into linen cloth, from growing, harvesting, and processing it, to spinning and weaving the thread, to bleaching, cutting, and sewing together the fabric. And in the end (more than a year later), ``It was a real shirt!'' The new illustrations are softly colored paintings that show details of farm life and the changing seasons in the Ukrainian countryside; they're more realistic and less folkloric than Yaroslava's for the earlier edition. Both Elsa Beskow's Pelle's New Suit (HarperCollins, 1929) and Tomie dePaola's Charlie Needs a Cloak (S. & S., 1982) show the similar process of turning wool into cloth. These titles have more child appeal because the protagonist himself helps to create the clothes, whereas Vasya is merely a passive observer while others work. However, where materials on farm life and textiles are in demand, this one will be a pleasant addition. --Caroline Parr, Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Fredericksburg, VA
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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