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Sawdust Carpets
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by Amelia Lau Carling
Sales Rank: 244921
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List Price: $16.95
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Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Groundwood Books February 10, 2005
Language: English
ISBN-10: 088899625X
ISBN-13: 978-0888996251
Product Dimensions:
10.6 x 8.6 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3–Carling introduces memories of a traditional Holy Week celebration in her adopted country. The Lau family, who emigrated from China to Guatemala when the author was a child, enjoys watching preparations for the Easter week ceremonies in Antigua. On Good Friday, the townspeople lead daylong processions through the streets, carrying statues depicting Jesus's death and resurrection. The narrator, her siblings, and cousins create a carpet made of sawdust, fruit, and flowers to decorate the path the procession will follow. At the last minute, the girl realizes that the carpet will be ruined if walked upon. She considers halting the marchers until a neighbor explains, "This is the custom. We make the rugs as offerings to life." Two days later, on Easter Sunday, the carpet makers begin planning for the next year's design. Intricately detailed and softly colored childlike drawings created with watercolors, pastels, and colored pencils draw the eye around the page. There is a glossary, but the Spanish words sprinkled throughout the text are easily understood. This story is a happy commingling of two cultures and their traditions.– Maryann H. Owen, Racine Public Library, WI
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From Booklist
K-Gr. 3. A Chinese family living in Guatemala visits relatives in Antigua during Holy Week. A young girl describes going outside with her cousins to watch their neighbors making beautifully patterned carpets of colored sawdust in the street to prepare for the religious procession the next day. Using leftover sawdust, she and her companions make their own small carpet. Though she is distressed when the feet of the cucuruchos bearing platforms with holy statues destroy their work, the coming of Easter and her youngest cousin's baptism lift her spirits. An appended glossary defines unfamiliar words and terms. Carling, who grew up in Guatemala and now lives in the U.S., introduces Chinese as well as Guatemalan traditions in this intriguing, unusual multicultural offering. Her sensitive portrayal of the child's point of view keeps the story grounded and enhances its appeal. In watercolors, pastels, and colored pencils, the lively illustrations offer colorful impressions of the characters and places of the story. Carolyn Phelan
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