{"product_id":"the-whispering-cloth-paperback-by-pegi-deitz-shea-illustrated-by-anita-riggio","title":"The Whispering Cloth Paperback by Pegi Deitz Shea; Illustrated by Anita Riggio","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eAstra Young Readers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1996-09-01)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e32\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781563976230\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e153.09\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e24.13 x 24.13 x 0.3\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eMai spends her days at the Widows' Store, listening to the Hmong women as they stitch and talk, stitch and talk. They are making pa'ndau---brightly colored story cloths--which they sell to the traders from Chiang Khan. Mai wishes she, too, could make one of the beautiful pa'ndau, but what story could she tell? This moving and poignant tale depicts life in a refugee camp in Thailand. Mai lives there with her grandmother, who helps her as she struggles to perfect her stitchery. Only by going back into her own brief and tragic past can she find a story to tell--one of hope and faith in the midst of war and confinement. Anita Riggio has rendered lush and sensitive watercolors that frame the story. You Yang, a Hmong immigrant, has stitched the pa'ndau that tell Mai's tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePegi Deitz Shea\u003c\/b\u003e visited Ban Vinai, the refugee camp in Thailand where this story is set. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBungalow Fungalow\u003c\/i\u003e and lives in Rockville, Connecticut.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnita Riggio\u003c\/b\u003e is the author-illustrator of several books, including \u003ci\u003eA Moon in My Teacup\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeware the Brindlebeast\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by Boyds Mills Press. She lives in Wethersfield, Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46555660648609,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781563976230","price":14.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781563976230.jpg?v=1781793623","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-whispering-cloth-paperback-by-pegi-deitz-shea-illustrated-by-anita-riggio","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}