Story Rug

A$25 · Offered by Harry Hartog Rare Books

From two-time Caldecott Medallist Sophie Blackall and artist Phoebe Wahl comes a luminous book that braids together the joy of storytelling with the satisfaction of learning a new craft.? Class 203 is braiding. In fact, they are in a braiding craze. They started with hair and shoelaces, and now they have brought rags from home. Their braid gets longer and longer until one idea transforms it into an extraordinary surprise for their teacher. Here is the story of a rag rug, woven through with the histories of the scraps used to create it, and the tales told as it was being made. The result is a special handmade place where the whole class can gather, ready for more stories. This charming celebration of storytelling is intertwined with an easy-to-learn and impressive craft project, including instructions, and will have readers reaching for scraps to make their own rag rug. PRAISE FOR SOPHIE BLACKALL: 'A tender and quietly clever tale about friendship, differences and really seeing someone else' GOOD READING MAGAZINE on If We Were Dogs 'Full of imagination and gentle humour . . . The delightful illustrations provide outstanding detail and invite the reader to pore over the images' CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA on If I Was a Horse 'Charming and whimsical visual surprises are found throughout the impeccably designed pages . . . An exquisite equine fantasy, this encourages imaginations to giddyup and run wild and free' BOOKLIST on If I Was a Horse 'Absolutely gorgeous and bril

• Binding: Hardcover

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