{"product_id":"circle-unbroken-9780374312893","title":"Circle Unbroken","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCircle Unbroken\u003c\/strong\u003e by Raven, Margot Theis. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780374312893.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeeping the African heritage alive\nAs she teaches her granddaughter to sew a traditional sweetgrass basket, a grandmother weaves a story, going back generations to her old-timey grandfathers village in faraway Africa. There, as a boy, he learned to make baskets so tightly woven they could hold the rain. Even after being stolen away to a slave ship bound for America, he remembers what he learned and passes these memories on to his children - as they do theirs, so that\n. . . when your fingers talk just right\nthat circle will go out and out again -\npast slavery and freedom, old ways and new,\nand your basket will hold the past . . .\nThis powerful picture book, with its rhythmic text and evocative paintings, spirals through time, becoming a triumphant song - a rich story of a craft, a culture, and a people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966222757941,"sku":"ByrdShop_0374312893","price":61.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780374312893_a760fcbf-3cda-4c87-8b9f-5ac442f43823.jpg?v=1778709051","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/circle-unbroken-9780374312893","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}