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Silk Umbrellas
by Carolyn Marsden
ISBN: 0763622575
ISBN-13: 9780763622572
Format: Reinforced Hardcover
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"The language is soft and clear as rainwater, a glimpse into a way of life little known to American children."
-- Kirkus
"The author captures the exotic smells, tastes and sounds that define Noi's world and shapes an equally affecting portrait of a family coping with the changes thrust upon it."
-- Publishers Weekly
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Candlewick Pr
Published date: 2004
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 5.5 x 7 inches
Weight: 0.6 pounds
Ages: 3 to 4
Pages: 134
Synopses
Eleven-year-old Noi worries that she will have to stop painting the silk umbrellas her family sells at the market near their Thai village and be forced to join her older sister in difficult work at a local factory instead.
Publisher's Notes
"Your trembling is good, Noi," said Kun Ya. "That's the way the butterfly moves. Let the movement spread to your whole body, not just your fingers. Paint with all of you. Become the butterfly."
Eleven-year-old Noi is learning to paint like her grandmother. She and her older sister, Ting, spend many rapt hours in the jungle watching as Kun Ya paints delicate silk umbrellas to sell at the market. But one day Kun Ma and Kun Pa announce that Ting must start working at a local radio factory to help support the family. As the days and weeks pass, Noi anxiously sees her own fate reflected in her sister's constricting world. Can Noi find a way to master her fear of failure and stand up for her gift -- and Kun Ya's tradition -- before the future masters her?
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