The Thanksgiving Bowl

The Thanksgiving Bowl

by VirginiaKroll (Author), PhilomenaO'Neill (Illustrator)

Synopsis

When Grandma Graces Thanksgiving bowl topples off the table and into the lives of others, it becomes a useful found object for all who encounter it. From one Thanksgiving to the next, the bowl makes its way upstream and downstream, through sandboxes and snowstorms, carrying goodwill and offering creative inspiration. By the time it makes its way back to Grandma Graces backyard, it has been a vessel of gratitude for many creatures, echoing and fulfilling its original purposeholding the annual I Am Thankful For lists of the family.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 32
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
Published: 15 Aug 2007

ISBN 10: 1589803655
ISBN 13: 9781589803657

Author Bio
Virginia Kroll is a prolific writer, with over sixty books published since 1992. A full-time author and speaker as well as a writing instructor with the Institute of Children's Literature, she writes on topics ranging from African folktales to universal themes such as siblings and heroes. She has received a long list of awards, including the 1998 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award for a parenting book, the Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year in 2004, and the International Reading Association/Children's Book Council 2004 Children's Choice Award. Philomena O'Neill has been illustrating books and magazines for children since the early 1990s. Working primarily in watercolor and liquid acrylic, she is best known for her ability to render children and animals with character and gentle humor. Born in Ireland and raised in West Africa and Canada, Ms. O'Neill is a first-time illustrator with Pelican.