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One Little Bag: An Amazing Journey
A wordless book that starts from a tall tree growing in the forest -
to the checkout counter at the grocery store -
one brown bag finds its way into the hands of a young boy on the eve of his first day of school.
And so begins the journey of one brown bag that is used
and re-used
and re-used again.
In a three-generation family, the bag is transporter of objects and keeper of memories. And when Grandfather comes to the end of his life, the family finds a meaningful new way for the battered, but much-loved brown bag to continue its journey in the circle of life.
to the checkout counter at the grocery store -
one brown bag finds its way into the hands of a young boy on the eve of his first day of school.
And so begins the journey of one brown bag that is used
and re-used
and re-used again.
In a three-generation family, the bag is transporter of objects and keeper of memories. And when Grandfather comes to the end of his life, the family finds a meaningful new way for the battered, but much-loved brown bag to continue its journey in the circle of life.
42 pages, Hardcover
First published April 7, 2020
About the author
Henry Cole
259 books155 followersHenry Cole was a celebrated science teacher for many years before turning his talents to children's books. He has worked on nearly one hundred and fifty books for children, including Nesting, Unspoken, Big Bug, A Nest for Celeste, Jack's Garden, and On Meadowview Street. Henry loves being outside where he can sketch and write.
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August 2, 2020
Oh, get this book, a wordless children's book that almost seems sadly quaint to me in this throwaway, recycling-is-a-joke culture. On the first Earth Day, 1970, Cole took his lunch to school in a paper bag that he--inspired by a collective commitment to ecology and saving the planet--used for three years and then passed on to a friend who used it for a year!
The book he draws posits a tree used to make paper bags and used (for so many things! Lunches, cookies for a girlfriend, an engagement ring, flowers for the flower girl, and so on) across three generations of a family to get planted in the ground with a sapling in honor of recently departed Grandpa. This is a 2020 book, folks, not a nostalgic look back to "the old days" but to that spirit of "small is beautiful" and not preachingly but urgingly committed to living in harmony with the planet.
I, who also went to school on Earth Day 1970, love this book! It reminded me of another book I really loved about a bag making its way into the hands of many people in many places by poet Ted Kooser, Bag in the Wind.
The book he draws posits a tree used to make paper bags and used (for so many things! Lunches, cookies for a girlfriend, an engagement ring, flowers for the flower girl, and so on) across three generations of a family to get planted in the ground with a sapling in honor of recently departed Grandpa. This is a 2020 book, folks, not a nostalgic look back to "the old days" but to that spirit of "small is beautiful" and not preachingly but urgingly committed to living in harmony with the planet.
I, who also went to school on Earth Day 1970, love this book! It reminded me of another book I really loved about a bag making its way into the hands of many people in many places by poet Ted Kooser, Bag in the Wind.
February 12, 2021
Featured in a grandma reads session.
Henry Cole is showing through pictures only the life cycle of one paper bag from forest to forest, and on the journey shows a human's fully lived cycle as well.
The illustrations are meticulous, and endearing. You grow to love that little bag that has an outrageously robust existence for a bag. My kids would have destroyed it in an afternoon (and regularly did!). This one lasted generations. Very sweet, and was well-received in our read this afternoon.
Henry Cole is showing through pictures only the life cycle of one paper bag from forest to forest, and on the journey shows a human's fully lived cycle as well.
The illustrations are meticulous, and endearing. You grow to love that little bag that has an outrageously robust existence for a bag. My kids would have destroyed it in an afternoon (and regularly did!). This one lasted generations. Very sweet, and was well-received in our read this afternoon.
October 22, 2020
Somehow, Henry Cole is able to tell a story without any words at all. This is the story of a paper bag as it travels through the generations of one family, gathering love until it finally comes full circle and returns to its place of origin.
The detailed illustrations are lovely, and the paper bag--set off in brown--is the main character in this unique picture book. It starts out being a vessel for a little boy's lunch, but its uses become more varied as the boy grows up and has a family of his own.
The story is sweet enough (it put me in mind of the opening sequence of the movie Up, though it's not nearly as sad), but the author's note at the end, where he talks about his own well-loved paper bag, is icing on the cake. The whole thing is a wonderful message about using things that still have life left in them; there's no reason to throw out a lot of the things we do.
I'd recommend this book to pretty much everyone. The wordless format means that even young children can watch the story unfold on their own.
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The detailed illustrations are lovely, and the paper bag--set off in brown--is the main character in this unique picture book. It starts out being a vessel for a little boy's lunch, but its uses become more varied as the boy grows up and has a family of his own.
The story is sweet enough (it put me in mind of the opening sequence of the movie Up, though it's not nearly as sad), but the author's note at the end, where he talks about his own well-loved paper bag, is icing on the cake. The whole thing is a wonderful message about using things that still have life left in them; there's no reason to throw out a lot of the things we do.
I'd recommend this book to pretty much everyone. The wordless format means that even young children can watch the story unfold on their own.
Quotable moment:
March 26, 2023
Ironically, this book which is about sustainability was printed in Malaysia. Not just about sustainability, also re-using and recycling things appropriately, rather than throwing them out before they need to be.
It…DOES make that point, but to the detriment of common sense. I’ve re-used paper bags to bring my lunch to school in all of my school days and despite treating my paper bags as well as I could to not have to toss it out and use a new one, there is no WAY any of the bags I used could have survived three generations in my family, in any family I would hazard to state.
I think this would be a good picture book to start to make little ones aware of where things we buy come from and how if we use those things as often as we can, rather than throw them out after one use, we can help the environment, one bag or item at a time.
3, good way to start that conversation with a little one though it didn’t overly impress me, stars.
It…DOES make that point, but to the detriment of common sense. I’ve re-used paper bags to bring my lunch to school in all of my school days and despite treating my paper bags as well as I could to not have to toss it out and use a new one, there is no WAY any of the bags I used could have survived three generations in my family, in any family I would hazard to state.
I think this would be a good picture book to start to make little ones aware of where things we buy come from and how if we use those things as often as we can, rather than throw them out after one use, we can help the environment, one bag or item at a time.
3, good way to start that conversation with a little one though it didn’t overly impress me, stars.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 15, 2021
SO. GOOD. 😭❤️
This is the best wordless picture book I’ve ever “read” — and most certainly the only one that has ever made my cry. 😭 I’m usually in too much of a hurry and flounder a bit without some text to anchor the story, but this one is so masterfully done. You have to suspend your disbelief just a bit, but read the author’s note at the end to see where Cole got the inspiration for this story. Great to read around Earth Day — or any day! I borrowed this book from the library, but a copy will most definitely need to be added to our shelves. 📚❤️
This is the best wordless picture book I’ve ever “read” — and most certainly the only one that has ever made my cry. 😭 I’m usually in too much of a hurry and flounder a bit without some text to anchor the story, but this one is so masterfully done. You have to suspend your disbelief just a bit, but read the author’s note at the end to see where Cole got the inspiration for this story. Great to read around Earth Day — or any day! I borrowed this book from the library, but a copy will most definitely need to be added to our shelves. 📚❤️
May 6, 2021
Marvelously talented author/artist Henry Cole, whose work ranges from middle-grade novels such as
A Nest for Celeste
to picture-books like
On Meadowview Street
, turns in this wordless story to the themes of ecological awareness and the love of family. Following the "life" of the little paper bag, the visual narrative here begins in the forest, depicts the creation of the bag at a paper factory, and then chronicles how it is used and reused by three generations of the family that eventually comes to possess it. Put to use during many important moments in this family's life, the bag is finds its final purpose after the death of the beloved grandfather - the man who originally owned it - planted in the ground with a young sapling...
Like his earlier Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad and Spot, the Cat , Cole's One Little Bag: An Amazing Journey manages to tell an engaging story entirely through the artwork. Beautifully detailed, the pen and ink illustrations here capture all of the resources and effort that went into the creation of this one little bag, and all of the emotional ups and downs of the people who eventually come to own the bag. As Cole mentions in his afterword, this story was inspired by a paper bag that he himself used for three years, to carry his lunch to school, and its is meant to offer a vision of a world in which we humans have rejected the wastefulness of single-use, disposable objects. I am entirely in sympathy with that idea, and I also found the family story here by turns poignant and heartwarming. Highly recommended to picture-book readers who enjoy wordless stories, and to anyone searching for children's books promoting ecological awareness, and the careful use of resources, both large and small.
Like his earlier Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad and Spot, the Cat , Cole's One Little Bag: An Amazing Journey manages to tell an engaging story entirely through the artwork. Beautifully detailed, the pen and ink illustrations here capture all of the resources and effort that went into the creation of this one little bag, and all of the emotional ups and downs of the people who eventually come to own the bag. As Cole mentions in his afterword, this story was inspired by a paper bag that he himself used for three years, to carry his lunch to school, and its is meant to offer a vision of a world in which we humans have rejected the wastefulness of single-use, disposable objects. I am entirely in sympathy with that idea, and I also found the family story here by turns poignant and heartwarming. Highly recommended to picture-book readers who enjoy wordless stories, and to anyone searching for children's books promoting ecological awareness, and the careful use of resources, both large and small.
February 22, 2021
This picture book is a revelation about how wasteful our society is and what a difference it might make if we changed our ways. I am simply amazed at the intricate illustrations, painstakingly drawn with Micron ink pens. I can only imagine how long these drawings must have taken since every page is covered with different images. Beginning on the first set of endpapers, the story involves a paper bag, which gets its start when a tall, straight tree is logged, cut down from the forest, placed on a truck, and sent to a paper mill where it is processed into chips and then into a long roll of paper from which the bag emerges. A small boy makes a purchase with his father, who later prepares his school lunch and packs it in the bag. Over the years as he grows from a boy to a man, the bag finds many uses, even becoming part of a serious romance and courtship at college, their wedding, and the impending birth of their son. As time goes by, the bag becomes a receptacle for shells gathered on an outing by the little one and his grandfather as well as a storage place for checker pieces and a place to place Valentine's cards, family photographs, and little odds and ends. Still later, as the grandson continues to grow, the bag is used to protect a pine tree that he and his parents plant in the woods, perhaps in honor of his departed grandfather. This wordless picture book speaks loudly about the bonds among family members and the importance of recycling and reusing materials. An Author's Note explains the likely inspiration for the story since the author/illustrator recalls celebrating the very first Earth Day by reusing his brown paper lunch bag, the very same bag, for more than three years. In a world where most of us use something once and then throw it away, this is a wake up call about our own carelessness and wastefulness. While it's highly unlikely that the bag in the story could have lasted for so many years, what if it had? And how much energy and resources would be saved if more of us reused articles? As the daughter of someone who worked in a paper mill to process that wood into paper, I can attest to the accuracy of those drawings of the process. I was touched by the slow growth and aging process illustrated in the book, especially the pages showing Grandpa walking in the woods with a cane and then the following page with an empty armchair and the dimmed reading lamp. In all of the pages, the bag stands out because it is drawn with a brown ink color and bits of red hearts. All the scenes are nostalgic and tug at the heartstrings, perhaps made even more impactful because of the absence of words. I am baffled as to why this picture book did not get more notice than it did.
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April 19, 2021Inspired by the very first Earth Day in 1970, Henry Cole took his lunch to school in the same paper bag for three years. You can read more about that in the author's note for this picture book or use this link to see an interview done by The Horn Book:
https://www.hbook.com/?detailStory=he...
If you are looking for a book to share with kids and talk about Earth Day, 2021, here it is! Full of heartwarming and inspiring imagery. This wordless picture book will be one you pick up year after year. *Review by Darla from Red Bridge*
https://www.hbook.com/?detailStory=he...
If you are looking for a book to share with kids and talk about Earth Day, 2021, here it is! Full of heartwarming and inspiring imagery. This wordless picture book will be one you pick up year after year. *Review by Darla from Red Bridge*
April 28, 2020
I believe I just found my favorite book of the year. It's wordless, filled with so beautiful a story you will want to look and look, then start all over again. The multi-page intro before the title page starts the journey. Don't miss Henry Cole's note at the end. I'm just sad that everyone is not at their schools now. You will know what I mean when you read this story. Enjoy, savor, and get this book before the next school year!
August 4, 2020
Picture books don't get any better than this. From its origins as a tree cut in a mill into paper, One Little Bag tells the story of a little paper bag. It's a bag that began its happy life as a lunch sack for a child's lunch, complete with a beautifully drawn red heart, and it goes on to serve many uses for its owners, with a steady accumulation of little red hearts, until it finishes off its life to contain a little tree set in the ground as a memorial to a grandfather. A lovely, lovely story with Henry Cole's classically beautiful illustrations.
June 18, 2021
I'm becoming quite fond of wordless books. I loved the sketch pictures of black & white with just the touch of brown and red. The idea behind the book is a powerful one, and I very much appreciated the author's note at the end of the book. Imagine, a small bag that lasted over 3 years! Do they even make paper bags of such high quality any more?!
August 1, 2020
Loved it because it shows how the bag was keeping the memories for their family and friends!
June 10, 2020
I wanted to love this. I chanted to myself, "Suspend disbelief. It's Eco-love. Suspend disbelief." But it didn't work. That bag should have been absolute TATTERS. Please.
The illustrations were gorgeous. The story was sweet (almost too sweet at times), and had tears in my eyes at the end (oh rats, oh vexation). I read the note, and I agree which is why I pack my lunch everyday in reusable bags and do the same for my kids, but really? Just couldn't get over the fact of THREE LIFETIMES WORTH one paper bag? Who IS this magical bag company?
The illustrations were gorgeous. The story was sweet (almost too sweet at times), and had tears in my eyes at the end (oh rats, oh vexation). I read the note, and I agree which is why I pack my lunch everyday in reusable bags and do the same for my kids, but really? Just couldn't get over the fact of THREE LIFETIMES WORTH one paper bag? Who IS this magical bag company?
September 28, 2020
You know what, "One Little Bag"? I didn't need those tears anyway - you can have them. What a heartfelt, thoughtful book! Who knew you could tell such a carefully nuanced story without using a single word of dialogue? I am in awe of you, Henry Cole. Thank you for writing this.
May 12, 2020
A beautiful story! No words were needed to feel the love throughout this book!
October 30, 2020
Richie’s Picks: ONE LITTLE BAG: AN AMAZING JOURNEY by Henry Cole, Scholastic Press, April, 2020, 48p., ISBN: 978-1-338-35997-8
“Some of them were angry
At the way the Earth was abused
By the men who learned how to forge her beauty into power.
And they struggled to protect her from them
Only to be confused
By the magnitude of her fury in the final hour.”
-- Jackson Browne, “Before the Deluge” (1974)
“Reusing containers is one of the most effective and inexpensive ways to reduce the environmental impact of packaging.”
-- ecologycenter.org
A sampling of the containers we clean out and repeatedly reuse in our household:
Paper, plastic, and compostable bags in which fresh produce is delivered.
Large ziplock plastic bags in which lavash is packaged.
Bags in which bread and greens are packaged.
Round, snap-lid, yogurt containers.
Large, cube-shaped, plastic cashew containers.
Veganese jars.
Coconut oil jars.
Salsa jars.
Wasabi powder jars.
Roasted red pepper jars.
We do have some new ziplock freezer bags, but they get used sparingly--only for the freezer--and then repeatedly reused. Instead of using new containers. we soak off jar labels; rinse out plastic bags; wash plastic containers; and fold up the lunch bag sized paper bags. There’s a big plastic shopping bag hanging in the cabinet next to the refrigerator full of recycled bags at the ready. In another cabinet is an entire shelf of recycled jars.
Then, there is the bin of reusable shopping bags which haven’t been getting a lot of use during the pandemic.
If one is rightly worried about Mother Earth and the need for our grandkids to have a liveable planet, it makes sense to conserve energy and natural resources by reusing containers. Every one we reuse is one less that needs to be manufactured. Given the existential threat of climate change, as well as the enormous floating islands of plastic in the oceans, I feel guilty throwing out reusable containers (notwithstanding the plastic bags that’ve been reused for chopped onion).
ONE LITTLE BAG is a notable, environmental-related, wordless picture book that depicts a tree that’s felled, transported, ground to pulp; made into paper; and fabricated into a lunch-sized paper bag, which then goes on to have more lives than a cat.
Author-illustrator Henry Cole employs Micron ink pens to create black-and-white illustrations covering the life cycle of this well-loved paper bag. The paper bag with the many lives is colored paper-bag brown to stand out amidst the black-and-white illustrations.
The story begins with one tree colored brown amongst a forest of black-and-white trees. We see the brown-colored tree on a flatbed full of felled trees; some brown-colored pulp among the mountains of pulp; and the resultant brown bag at the end of the assembly line.
The bag comes into the possession of a young boy. The boy grows up with the bag, which goes on to be used for lunches; as a light shade; for busking; for holding an engagement ring, and then for flower petals strewn by the flower girl; and other creative applications.
The book also deserves props for its 21st century sensibilities which include depictions of a male caregiver and an interracial couple.
The author explains in the back matter that the book was inspired by his own reuse of a lunch bag in the wake of the first Earth Day.
Sharing ONE LITTLE BAG: AN AMAZING JOURNEY will be a perfect starting point for discussing reuse, recycling, and sustainability with young children. It will well complement my old fav, Molly Bang’s COMMON GROUND (1997), in that role.
I hope that ONE LITTLE BAG: AN AMAZING JOURNEY will be nominated for, and recognized by, the Green Earth Book Awards committee.
Richie Partington, MLIS
Richie's Picks http://richiespicks.pbworks.com
https://www.facebook.com/richiespicks/
richiepartington@gmail.com
“Some of them were angry
At the way the Earth was abused
By the men who learned how to forge her beauty into power.
And they struggled to protect her from them
Only to be confused
By the magnitude of her fury in the final hour.”
-- Jackson Browne, “Before the Deluge” (1974)
“Reusing containers is one of the most effective and inexpensive ways to reduce the environmental impact of packaging.”
-- ecologycenter.org
A sampling of the containers we clean out and repeatedly reuse in our household:
Paper, plastic, and compostable bags in which fresh produce is delivered.
Large ziplock plastic bags in which lavash is packaged.
Bags in which bread and greens are packaged.
Round, snap-lid, yogurt containers.
Large, cube-shaped, plastic cashew containers.
Veganese jars.
Coconut oil jars.
Salsa jars.
Wasabi powder jars.
Roasted red pepper jars.
We do have some new ziplock freezer bags, but they get used sparingly--only for the freezer--and then repeatedly reused. Instead of using new containers. we soak off jar labels; rinse out plastic bags; wash plastic containers; and fold up the lunch bag sized paper bags. There’s a big plastic shopping bag hanging in the cabinet next to the refrigerator full of recycled bags at the ready. In another cabinet is an entire shelf of recycled jars.
Then, there is the bin of reusable shopping bags which haven’t been getting a lot of use during the pandemic.
If one is rightly worried about Mother Earth and the need for our grandkids to have a liveable planet, it makes sense to conserve energy and natural resources by reusing containers. Every one we reuse is one less that needs to be manufactured. Given the existential threat of climate change, as well as the enormous floating islands of plastic in the oceans, I feel guilty throwing out reusable containers (notwithstanding the plastic bags that’ve been reused for chopped onion).
ONE LITTLE BAG is a notable, environmental-related, wordless picture book that depicts a tree that’s felled, transported, ground to pulp; made into paper; and fabricated into a lunch-sized paper bag, which then goes on to have more lives than a cat.
Author-illustrator Henry Cole employs Micron ink pens to create black-and-white illustrations covering the life cycle of this well-loved paper bag. The paper bag with the many lives is colored paper-bag brown to stand out amidst the black-and-white illustrations.
The story begins with one tree colored brown amongst a forest of black-and-white trees. We see the brown-colored tree on a flatbed full of felled trees; some brown-colored pulp among the mountains of pulp; and the resultant brown bag at the end of the assembly line.
The bag comes into the possession of a young boy. The boy grows up with the bag, which goes on to be used for lunches; as a light shade; for busking; for holding an engagement ring, and then for flower petals strewn by the flower girl; and other creative applications.
The book also deserves props for its 21st century sensibilities which include depictions of a male caregiver and an interracial couple.
The author explains in the back matter that the book was inspired by his own reuse of a lunch bag in the wake of the first Earth Day.
Sharing ONE LITTLE BAG: AN AMAZING JOURNEY will be a perfect starting point for discussing reuse, recycling, and sustainability with young children. It will well complement my old fav, Molly Bang’s COMMON GROUND (1997), in that role.
I hope that ONE LITTLE BAG: AN AMAZING JOURNEY will be nominated for, and recognized by, the Green Earth Book Awards committee.
Richie Partington, MLIS
Richie's Picks http://richiespicks.pbworks.com
https://www.facebook.com/richiespicks/
richiepartington@gmail.com
July 2, 2020
Reviewed for the Mock Caldecott Awards. I loved, loved, loved this book and based on the Caldecott Awards criteria...as far as I'm concerned...this is the winner. Totally a picture book and the illustrations are beautiful Micron ink line drawings. Everything is in black except for the material that makes the paper bag (i.e. the log, the wood pulp, the paper bag). The book takes us on the journey from the time the tree is felled, milled and made into a paper bag...then used over and over again throughout 3 generations of a family and finally used as a planter for a new tree. The story is told entirely in drawing and there's no question of the story that's being told. Then to top it off, the author's note at the end of the book explained where the idea for the book came from and that back story is amazing. Excellent!!!!
February 25, 2023
I guess this is the Up of paper bags. I think because I was looking specifically for a story on recycling the emotional side of it didn't really hit me even though it really was about reusing. Wordless books are pretty hit or miss with me anyway.
July 24, 2020
Beautiful in every single way. LOVED IT!!!!
August 6, 2020
Sweet story, nice message. A well done wordless picture book.
August 14, 2020
A super sweet wordless story!
January 7, 2021
An amazing journey indeed! That's the sturdiest paper bag I have ever seen.
March 21, 2021
Beautiful illustrations accompanied a touching story.
October 23, 2021
A beautifully illustrated children’s book by Henry Cole. One Little Bag illustrates the journey of a paper lunch bag from its origin as a large tree in the forest, to its creation as a paper bag, and it’s journey in one little boy’s life. A great lesson on recycling 🌲
August 1, 2020
Read this book.
October 25, 2020
Loved it. Short and simple, but yet powerful with so much to say.
December 29, 2020
I love this wordless book as a possible Caldecott for 2021. It’s a very interesting “story” expressed by beautiful, mostly black and white, illustrations by Henry Cole. I think it should be a winner or, at least, a runner up. Enjoy with your little ones. Tom Sweigard
November 1, 2020
I never knew a picture book could invoke such strong feelings deep inside my soul.
The simple story of the life of a paper bag through many many years and 2 generations is unbelievable but not so much that you loose the point of the story. The clear illustrations on every page need no words. From a child's first day at school, to his child's first day and more, Henry Cole adds tiny details to each photo that travel throughout the lifetime of the story and will sure to keep you and your little ones interested for years to come.
I received my copy from Scholastic Press, in exchange for an honest review.
The simple story of the life of a paper bag through many many years and 2 generations is unbelievable but not so much that you loose the point of the story. The clear illustrations on every page need no words. From a child's first day at school, to his child's first day and more, Henry Cole adds tiny details to each photo that travel throughout the lifetime of the story and will sure to keep you and your little ones interested for years to come.
I received my copy from Scholastic Press, in exchange for an honest review.
July 9, 2020
Wordless picture book.
Though you have to suspend reality to believe this paper bag will last for three generations, the story pulls readers in to the love and relationships found in this family.
Cole takes readers on a journey from cutting down the tree to making the paper bag to it being given to the boy and his father at the grocery store. It is then reused for a variety of reasons and is present at so many loving moments in the little boy's life. He grows up and his son also is part of the paper bag's journey.
Tearful moments for me throughout.
Brilliant and detailed illustrations capture this family's life together.
Though you have to suspend reality to believe this paper bag will last for three generations, the story pulls readers in to the love and relationships found in this family.
Cole takes readers on a journey from cutting down the tree to making the paper bag to it being given to the boy and his father at the grocery store. It is then reused for a variety of reasons and is present at so many loving moments in the little boy's life. He grows up and his son also is part of the paper bag's journey.
Tearful moments for me throughout.
Brilliant and detailed illustrations capture this family's life together.
February 27, 2020
One Little Bag: An amazing journey by Henry Cole. WORDLESS PICTURE BOOK. Scholastic, April 2020. $19. 9781338359978
BUYING ADVISORY: GIFT - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
A tree becomes the lunch sack for a little boy, goes with him through his life, and finally is used to grow a new tree.
You do have to accept that the paper bag got reused every day for 50 years. But it is a sweet device to look back at a life and celebrate family.
Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS
https://kissthebookjr.blogspot.com/20...
BUYING ADVISORY: GIFT - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
A tree becomes the lunch sack for a little boy, goes with him through his life, and finally is used to grow a new tree.
You do have to accept that the paper bag got reused every day for 50 years. But it is a sweet device to look back at a life and celebrate family.
Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS
https://kissthebookjr.blogspot.com/20...
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