The Promise Basket by Bill Richardson, illustrated by Slavka Kolesar. PICTURE BOOK. Groundwood Books (House of Anansi Press), 2019. $18. 9781773060897
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
A young mom doesn’t have enough money to buy presents but she finds a promise basket and fills it with stones she carefully picked and wrote a poem to go with it about her love being an unbreakable promise. She continues this tradition until her own child has a child and her child also assumes the tradition.
This is a beautiful reminder about what is important in life. The pace is a little slow and the illustrations will appeal to adults more than children. This would be a good book to read around Christmas as a reminder of how presents can often take over gratitude and compassion.
Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher
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