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Sto caricando le informazioni... Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story (Albert Whitman Prairie Paperback) (edizione 2000)di Angela Shelf Medearis (Autore), Daniel Minter (Illustratore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This is a great book that shows African tradition. It gives the reader a look into the importance of handmade clothes/things in Ghana. It is about a group of 7 brothers that must work together to gain their share of wealth, but they are required to make gold from the 7 spools before they can receive it. This book also shows that if you put your differences aside, you can create great things. This book tells the story of seven brothers living in an African Village who never get along, and their relationship is tested after a family and financial hardship when their father passes away! The boys receive their father's will, and on their father’s will, he leaves them with a request for all his sons to make gold out of seven spools of thread before/by sundown. The overall big picture of this story is to have one put their differences aside, in order to come to a solution for a problem! This story is in reference to Kwanzaa and teaches us about the spirit of this holiday! which is something important for students to learn about different cultures, It is a very relatable situation for students with siblings, or just students and their friends. Eventually, it is proven that the brothers can find harmony, when the arguing stopped, and they see that it takes team work, and life/death situation to realize that your life is precious, and that you should change how you are acting for the greater good, after all family comes first. This book is really good, full of colors and culture. The story is about seven brothers in an African village that would constantly fight. When their father died, the chief explains that they have until sundown to make gold out of seven spools of thread or they will be turned out as beggars. The brothers learn to work together and make something beautiful. They make a cloth, in which is bought as a gift for the king, in exchange for gold. The brothers continue to work together farming the land and teaching the village to make beautiful cloth. The story is adorable and teaches the life lesson of working together to accomplish a mission as well as giving back to the community when you have much while others have so little. The artwork is beautiful and colorful and very engaging. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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When they are given the seemingly impossible task of turning thread into gold, the seven Ashanti brothers put aside their differences, learn to get along, and embody the principles of Kwanzaa. Includes information on Kwanzaa, West African cloth weaving, and instructions for making a belt. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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