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SEVEN SPOOLS OF THREAD: A Kwanzaa Story
by Angela Shelf Medearis
Albert Whitman
ISBN: 0807573159
Age Level: 9-12
In this original folktale about the seven
sons in an Ashanti family, Medearis introduces the seven principles
of Kwanzaa. When he dies, the father of seven brothers who don't get
along so well, leaves each of his boys a spool of thread. His wish
is that they find a way to turn all the colored spools of thread into
gold. The sons succeed --- they work together weave all the spools
of thread into a beautiful kente cloth. Crisp and colorful woodcut
illustrations are a treat.
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