{"product_id":"story-rug","title":"Story Rug","description":"\u003cp\u003eA class learns to braid, first with hair and shoelaces, then with scraps of fabric brought from home. Sophie Blackall's picture book follows the braid as it grows into something the whole room makes together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA picture book for ages 4 to 6, preschool through grade 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBy Sophie Blackall, winner of two Caldecott Medals, with pictures by Phoebe Wahl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStarred review from Publishers Weekly; also reviewed in School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Horn Book Magazine and the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe back pages show readers how to braid a rag rug of their own\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover, 40 pages, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach scrap carries a story from the child who brought it, and more stories get told while the braiding goes on. As the braid lengthens, the students hatch a plan to turn it into a surprise for their teacher, and the adults step back while the children run the project. Wahl's pictures fill the classroom with the bustle and small details of a busy school day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParents, teachers and librarians can use it for story time, for a unit on making things by hand, or as the start of a class project of their own. The publisher calls it an instant national bestseller. Every scrap of fabric in it comes from home with a story attached.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author and Illustrator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSophie Blackall has won two Caldecott Medals, for \u003cem\u003eHello Lighthouse\u003c\/em\u003e and for her illustrations in \u003cem\u003eFinding Winnie\u003c\/em\u003e, and she founded Milkwood, a Catskills retreat for creative work. Phoebe Wahl, an illustrator and surface designer whose work has won awards according to her publisher, studied at the Rhode Island School of Design; her own picture books include \u003cem\u003eSonya's Chickens\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLittle Witch Hazel\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47854478098581,"sku":"NEW-ING-HB-JUV-0316535389","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/57_ee841ba1-4821-4ddd-9fdc-3949121fff19.jpg?v=1787904122","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/story-rug","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}