• Many Shapes of Clay: A Story of Healing

Many Shapes of Clay: A Story of Healing

Author
Publication Date
May 19, 2021
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  K − 1st
Many Shapes of Clay: A Story of Healing
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Description
In this modern-day fable about grief, diversity, and family connections, a young girl discovers the joys--and pain--of the creative process. Eisha lives with her mother, a ceramic artist, who helps her make a special shape out of a piece of clay. The shape reminds Eisha of her father, of the ocean, of a lemon. As Eisha goes through her neighborhood doing errands with her mother, the piece of clay hardens and then shatters into pieces when Eisha taps it. In poignant and powerful words and pictures, Kenesha Sneed shows how Eisha learns to live with the sense of loss and of the joyful power of making something new out of what is left behind. Illustrated with Sneed's bold colors, graphic lines, and gestural textures, the book celebrates diversity and shares a gentle message that we all have the ability to heal and create.
Publication date
May 20, 2021
Classification
Fiction
Page Count
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ISBN-13
9783791374680
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Prestel Junior
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV039050 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
JUV039030 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Death & Dying
JUV003000 - Juvenile Fiction | Art & Architecture
Library of Congress categories
Parent and child
Grief in children
Ceramic sculpture
Kenesha Sneed
KENESHA SNEED is a multi-disciplinary artist and founder of Tactile Matter, an LA-based line of playful stoneware ceramics. She has been profiled in the New York Times Magazine, Design*Sponge, Refinery29, and Glamour and has collaborated with Under Armour, Saint Heron, and Poketo. Sneed is a recipient of LA Design Festival's 2019 EDGE award and was named to Create & Cultivate 100, a list that honors the forward-thinking women who work to inspire the next generation to demand more.