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The Promise Basket / Bill Richardson ; illustrated by Slavka Kolesar.

by Richardson, Bill.

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Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, c2019.

Promises -- Juvenile fiction.

Gifts -- Juvenile fiction.

Birthdays -- Juvenile fiction.

Mother and child -- Juvenile fiction.

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

"A stone when it's thrown can damage, can break, but nothing can shatter the promise I make." So begins the poem a mother writes on a scrap of paper. She wraps the paper around a stone and places it in a basket to give to her daughter on her first birthday. They are poor, but the mother is determined that gifts will be given when gifts need giving. She keeps her promise, and the Promise Basket, too. Every time there is a need for gifts, the mother finds a pretty stone to tie up with paper and ribbon, and gives it to her daughter in the basket. She continues the tradition over the years until her daughter has a baby of her own. The love between a mother and her daughter is celebrated in this lyrical story from Bill Richardson, featuring colorful illustrations by Slavka Kolesar."

Canadian fiction, Juvenile.

School age picture book.

Kolesar, Slavka.

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