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The Memory String
Contributor(s): Bunting, Eve (Author), Rand, Ted (Illustrator)

ISBN: 0395861462 ISBN-13: 9780395861462
Publisher: Clarion Books

OUR PRICE: $15.29

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2000
* Out of Print *

Annotation: While still grieving for her mother and unable to accept her stepmother, a girl clings to the memories represented by 43 buttons on a string. Full color.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Blended Families
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings

Dewey: E

LCCN: 99042771

Age Level: 4-7

Grade Level: PreK-2

Lexile Measure: 600 AD (Adult Directed Text)

Guided Reading: N (Grade 3)

Physical Information: 0.5" H x 10.1" W x 10.5" L (0.90 lbs) 40 pages

Themes:
- Topical - Death/Dying
- Topical - Family

Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product

Awards: North Carolina Children's Book Award, Nominee, Picture Book, 2002
Golden Sower Award, Nominee, Grades K-3, 2003
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award, Nominee, Children's, 2002
Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award, Nominee, Grades K-3, 2002

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 07/01/2000 pg. 955
Booklist 08/01/2000 pg. 2144
School Library Journal 08/01/2000 pg. 144
Time 11/20/2000 pg. 153
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2000 pg. 31 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 31 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Publishers Weekly 07/03/2000
School Library Journal 08/04/2000

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 43558
Reading Level: 2.9 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
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.

Contributor Bio(s): Rand, Ted: - The late TED RAND was the esteemed illustrator of many picture books, including Eve Bunting's Secret Place and The Memory String.Bunting, Eve: -

Eve Bunting has written over two hundred books for children, including the Caldecott Medal-winning Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz, The Wall, Fly Away Home, and Train to Somewhere. She lives in Southern California.

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