Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story
by Angela Shelf Medearis (Author) Daniel Minter (Illustrator)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Albert Whitman Prairie Paperback
In an African village live seven brothers who make family life miserable with their constant fighting. When their father dies, he leaves an unusual will: by sundown, the brothers must make gold out of seven spools of thread. If they fail, they will be turned out as beggars. Using the Nguzo Saba, or "seven principals" of Kwanzaa, the author has created an unforgettable story that shows how family members can pull together, for their own good and the good of the entire community.
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Review quotes
"Well-paced, the story incorporates the Kwanzaa values without spelling them out too much. Minter's attractively composed, dramatic painted woodcuts, with strong community images and lively, silhouetted figures, root the story in a sun-drenched, magical landscape that will draw children even after repeated readings." — Booklist
Angela Shelf Medearis
ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS is a well-known reading consultant and the award-winning author of more than seventy books for children. She lives in Austin, Texas. LISA CAMPBELL ERNST has illustrated many picture books, including Sea, Sand, Me! by Patricia Hubbell and her own When Bluebell Sang and Zinnia and Dot. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780807573167
Lexile Measure
610
Guided Reading Level
13
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Publication date
September 20, 2000
Series
Albert Whitman Prairie Paperback
BISAC categories
JUV017050 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Kwanzaa
Library of Congress categories
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