claudiaswisher's review against another edition
4.0
Parents who have strong convictions about their lives confront a daughter who disagrees that they are 'rich'. She wants them to get better-paying jobs, ones inside, with no windows to look outside.
Yes, their table was hand crafted with love, but they can't be rich...
Patiently, and with devotion to their children, their way of live, their surroundings, and their values, her parents show the narrator how to value what you have.
Baylor's words are simple, sounding as if they COULD come out of the mouth of a sweet, if not exasperated daughter who just wants the trappings of what she sees as success...I love the tone.
Parnall's illustrations are breathtaking accompaniments...they show the sweep of the settings, the smallness of humans within those settings, and the incredible harmony of the two. Baylor and Parnall together create such beauty.
Yes, their table was hand crafted with love, but they can't be rich...
Patiently, and with devotion to their children, their way of live, their surroundings, and their values, her parents show the narrator how to value what you have.
Baylor's words are simple, sounding as if they COULD come out of the mouth of a sweet, if not exasperated daughter who just wants the trappings of what she sees as success...I love the tone.
Parnall's illustrations are breathtaking accompaniments...they show the sweep of the settings, the smallness of humans within those settings, and the incredible harmony of the two. Baylor and Parnall together create such beauty.
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