Memory String

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

ISBN: 9780544555471

Publisher: Clarion Books

Binding Types:

Paperback

$9.99

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$22.94 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$21.74 (100+ copies: $20.99)

List/retail price:

$9.99

Pub Date: September 8, 2015

Dewey: E

Lexile Code: 0600

Features: Illustrated, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 04 to 07

Physical Info: 0.20" H x 9.80" L x 9.80" W ( 0.35 lbs) 40 pages

BISAC Categories:

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000043558 ( Memory String)

Reading level: 2.90

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: The search for a lost button from a cherished memory string helps a young girl cope with the emotional loss of her late mother and become more accepting of the love her stepmother has to give and new memories to be made.

Brief description: The late TED RAND was the esteemed illustrator of many picture books, including Eve Bunting's Secret Place and The Memory String.

Review Quotes:

Bunting has found an original way to tell an old story about making room for new memories.

Kirkus Reviews

"the story offers a hopeful beginning and invites readers to think about ways to remember family history" School Library Journal

"The earnestness...is balanced with tenderness, and Rand's realistic artwork concentrates on the faces of the family and the emotions that cross them." Booklist, ALA