Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780679989226ISBN:0679989226
Description: Good. Ex-Library. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Ex-library book with usual markings. read more
Description: New in New jacket. pp. 30. Tells the fable of an Asian man named Basket Weaver who made baskets for housewives & others. But the most important baskets were the ones he made for the newborn babies. These were the beds they would sleep in, & into each he wove the spirit of the child. One day he saved a drowning cat from a spring. She stayed with him, & he called her Catches Many Mice. In the autumn a messenger came from the Emperor. The Empress had given birth to her first child & the ... read more
Binding: Library Binding
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780679989226ISBN:0679989226
Description: 0679989226. Good+ with no dust jacket; Ex-Library; 1999; Knopf Books for Young Readers; Janet Gill spins a modern fable about a skilled artisan, Basket Weaver, and his lucky cat, Catches Many Mice. Basket Weaver makes all kinds of baskets, but when he makes one for a newborn baby, he chooses his materials carefully--rushes that will bend but not break, owl feathers for wisdom, cherry branches for long life. Ã? Â Ã? Â One day, he and three other basket weavers are selected to make baskets for ... read more
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
