*Conveying communal wisdom and collective hope, this volume honors reading and knowledge as staples for a proverbial lifeboat. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) From Caldecott Medalist Ed Young comes a charming, accordion-style picture book about the life of a library. Rendered in gorgeous mixed-media collage, and in a striking, accordion-style format, Caldecott Medalist Ed Young's Vessel of Promises outlines the life of a library and the impact that books and reading can have on people throughout the world ...
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*Conveying communal wisdom and collective hope, this volume honors reading and knowledge as staples for a proverbial lifeboat. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) From Caldecott Medalist Ed Young comes a charming, accordion-style picture book about the life of a library. Rendered in gorgeous mixed-media collage, and in a striking, accordion-style format, Caldecott Medalist Ed Young's Vessel of Promises outlines the life of a library and the impact that books and reading can have on people throughout the world. Sure to appeal to kids and adults alike! Praise for Ed Young's The Weather's Bet *Awe-inspiring artwork as powerful as any force of nature.-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Lyrical and profound. -- School Library Journal A good classroom readaloud.-- Publishers Weekly
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Add this copy of Vessel of Promises: a Bookish Fable to cart. $18.58, like new condition, Sold by Pumpkin Wholesale Ltd rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Abingdon, Oxon, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2020 by Penguin Putnam Inc.
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Fine. An old woman wakes from a dream knowing she must gather and safeguard all of the promises she can think to find before flood waters carry away what will become the first library. On accordion-folded pages.
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New in new dust jacket. New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory.
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