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"What are you knitting into this sweater, Grandma?" Yetsa asks. Grandma smiles. "Flowers. Fish and waves. Woolly clouds, and blackberries." From the author of No Time To Say Goodbye, The Girl with a Babyand White Girlcomes a tender and joyful picture book, perfect for sharing. In Yetsa's Sweater,Sylvia Olsen takes a workaday chore and illuminates it with meaning, while Joan Larson takes Olsen's simple and loving words and fills them with radiant light. On a fresh spring day, young Yetsa, her mother and her grandmother gather to prepare the sheep fleeces piled in Grandma's yard. As they clean, wash and dry the fleece, laughter and hard work connect the three generations. Through Yetsa's sensual experience of each task, the reader joins this family in an old but vibrant tradition: the creation of Cowichan sweaters. Each sweater is unique, and its design tells a story. In Yetsa's Sweater,that story is one of love, welcome and pride in a job well done.… (more)
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With its gentle narrative - infused with a sense of tradition and family warmth - and its expressive pastel illustrations by Joan Larson, Yetsa's Sweater is a lovely little book. Sylvia Olsen operated a Cowichan sweater-shop for sixteen years, and her knowledge of the subject shines through, both in the narrative and in the factual afterword. Engaging and educational, this appealing story will allow young readers a glimpse of Coast Salish traditions, particularly as they relate to the making of these beautiful sweaters. Highly recommended!
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