Status
Available
Collection
Publication
Candlewick (2018), Edition: Illustrated, 48 pages
Description
A young girl, still reeling from her dog's death, finds solace while picking up stones on the beach during her family's vacation.
User reviews
LibraryThing member DaffiMere
An extremely beautiful picture book without words.
As we read A Stone for Sascha, we go follow a young girls’ grieving process for the family pet.
As we read A Stone for Sascha, we go follow a young girls’ grieving process for the family pet.
LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
A young girl grieves for her beloved dog, who recently died, in this wordless picture-book from Aaron Becker. On her family's seashore vacation, she finds a very special stone, a stone with an ancient, storied history, and sensing its beauty and unique character, she brings it home as an offering
Becker, who won a Caldecott Honor for his earlier title, Journey, the first of a picture-book trilogy about a girl's adventures in a parallel fairy-tale world, proves with A Stone for Sascha that he is a master of the wordless story. The tale itself is poignant and thought-provoking, tying individual grief to ideas of time, survival, and the reuse of that very significant stone by diverse human civilizations down through the millennia. The artwork itself is gorgeous, beautiful in its own right, and more than enough to carry the story along. I appreciated the fact that Sascha's loving family here is African-American, although that is clearly not the focus of the story, and I found the depiction of the stone itself - it is luminous, as befits an object from the heavens - added a mysterious, almost enchanting element to the story. Recommended to Aaron Becker fans, and to anyone looking for beautiful new wordless picture-books.
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to leave at Sascha's grave...Becker, who won a Caldecott Honor for his earlier title, Journey, the first of a picture-book trilogy about a girl's adventures in a parallel fairy-tale world, proves with A Stone for Sascha that he is a master of the wordless story. The tale itself is poignant and thought-provoking, tying individual grief to ideas of time, survival, and the reuse of that very significant stone by diverse human civilizations down through the millennia. The artwork itself is gorgeous, beautiful in its own right, and more than enough to carry the story along. I appreciated the fact that Sascha's loving family here is African-American, although that is clearly not the focus of the story, and I found the depiction of the stone itself - it is luminous, as befits an object from the heavens - added a mysterious, almost enchanting element to the story. Recommended to Aaron Becker fans, and to anyone looking for beautiful new wordless picture-books.
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LibraryThing member melodyreads
grief for pet dog; follow a story of meteorite as it passes through history, to hand of girl grieving for her dog
Awards
Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration (Nominee — 2019)
Massachusetts Book Award (Must-Read (Longlist) — 2019)
Kansas NEA Reading Circle Recommended Book (Primary — 2019)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
11 inches
ISBN
0763665967 / 9780763665968