The Remembering Stone
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Alice keeps a perfectly round skipping stone in her pocket to remember her grandfather by — but the stone goes missing.
It looked just like a regular stone, but Alice knew it was different: It was perfectly round so you could use it to trace circles, and sometimes she could trick her dad into thinking it was a quarter. It was also how Alice remembered her grandpa, who taught her how to skip stones, and who passed away last winter.
Alice brings the stone to school for Show and Share, but when her classmate asks to see it again at recess, Alice discovers that the stone is gone! Her friends search high and low and can’t find the stone—but their friendship gives Alice an idea of another way that she can remember.
A gentle look at loss, grief, and how small everyday actions can connect us to those we love.
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Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3
With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Sookocheff's quiet, hopeful story, a girl finds a way to remember her late grandfather after she loses the object that reminds her of him. During a classroom Show and Share, Alice, portrayed with light skin, tells her peers about the perfectly round, quarter-size stone she treasures: it holds dear memories of her grandfather, who taught her to skip stones. But when she reaches into her pocket during recess, it's gone. Her racially diverse classmates' attempts to help her find the object turn up plenty of rocks, but not hers. Back at home, her pocketful of their finds, and reflections on her peers' kindness, inspire a new way to recall her grandfather's life. Acrylic gouache and graphite images use a cool palette with lots of gray hues, while show-and-tell language reveals the story's progression and the feeling of comfort to be found in a supportive community. Ages 3–6.
