Circle Unbroken
Author: Margot Theis Raven
Illustrator: E. B. Lewis
Genre: Multicultural
Awards: Children's Africana Book Awards (2005)
Grade Level: PK-2nd grade
This story is about a family who appreciates basketweaving. A young girl listens to her grandmother tell the story about how her grandfather learned to weave the baskets. He used the baskets to catch the rainwater. Then he gets captured and sold into slavery! He remembers his days basket weaving and passes down the tradition.
Awards: Children's Africana Book Awards (2005)
Grade Level: PK-2nd grade
This story is about a family who appreciates basketweaving. A young girl listens to her grandmother tell the story about how her grandfather learned to weave the baskets. He used the baskets to catch the rainwater. Then he gets captured and sold into slavery! He remembers his days basket weaving and passes down the tradition.
The illustrations in this story portray the emotions that this family has about their basketweaving traditions. The illustrations are detailed and soft, providing readers with an emotional and heartfelt experience.
This story contains important multicultural aspects to introduce to students. Teachers can use this story to teach pupils that each family has different traditions that are equally important. Classrooms can discuss the traditions that their family has passed down as well as the historical aspects of the story, such as slavery.
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