Title The whispering cloth : a refugee's story / written by Pegi Deitz Shea ; illustrated by Anita Riggio ; stitched by You Yang.

Publication Info.

Honesdale, Pa. : Caroline House, Boyds Mills Press ; [New York] : Distributed by St. Martin's Press, 1995.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department	J PIC. BK SHE	Storage
Farmington, Barney Branch - Children's Department	J PBOR SHEA c.3	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	JE SHEA	Check Shelf
Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Children's Department	JE SHEA	On Holdshelf
New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Children's Department	JE S OLDER READER	Check Shelf
South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department	J SHEA	Check Shelf
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Children's Department	JUV. 818 S539W	Check Shelf
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Children's Department	JUV. 818 S539W c.2	Check Shelf
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Children's Department	JUV. 818 S539W c.3	Check Shelf
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Children's Department	JUV. 818 S539W c.4	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Note	Includes glossary.
Indexed In:	Using picture books to teach character education by Susan Hall.
Summary	Young Mai's grandmother teaches her to make the traditional Hmong pa ndau storycloth while they are living in a refugee camp in Thailand. Mai weaves her life and dreams into her pa ndau and when it comes time to sell it so that her family may leave the camp, she questions whether she will be able to do so.
Audience	Ages 003-008.
Contents	Summary: A young girl in a Thai refugee camp finds the story within herself to create her own pa'ndau.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.9 0.5 14527.
Subject	Hmong (Asian people) -- Fiction.
	Embroidery, Hmong -- Fiction.
	Juvenile materials.
	Picture books.
	Parents -- Death -- Fiction.
	Soldiers -- Fiction.
	Resilience (Personal quality) -- Fiction.
	Poor families -- Fiction.
	Murder -- Fiction.
	Girl refugees -- Fiction.
	Hmong girls -- Thailand -- Fiction.
	Pa ndau applique -- Fiction.
	Refugee children -- Thailand -- Fiction.
	Thailand -- Ficton.
	Hmong (Asian people) -- Juvenile fiction.
	Refugee camps -- Thailand -- Juvenile fiction.
	Refugee children -- Thailand -- Juvenile fiction.
Added Author	Riggio, Anita.
ISBN	1563971348
	9781563971341
	1563976234 softcover
	9781563976230 softcover

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