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Sky Sweeper
Gershator, Phillis
Meade, Holly
Hardcover
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BOOK SUMMARY
Young Takeboki needs a job and the monks in the temple need a flower keeper so Takeboki sets to work, sweeping up flowers and leaves and creating swirling miniature worlds of his own in the temple garden. As the years go by, others ask him: Dont you want

BOOK SYNOPSIS

Young Takeboki needs a job and the monks in the temple need a flower keeper – so Takeboki sets to work, sweeping up flowers and leaves and creating swirling miniature worlds of his own in the temple garden. As the years go by, others ask him: Don’t you want a better job? But as the seasons shift, each as beautiful as the last, Takeboki knows the pleasures of nature and of humbly doing a job well. He is happy.

Luminous collage illustrations created from delicate Japanese papers by a Caldecott Honor artist bring to life this thought-provoking tale that, with its Zen Buddhist sensibility, has much to say about work, wisdom, and the joy of being true to oneself.

BOOK REVIEWS
Written in clear, minimalist language, accompanied by rich, organic illustrations . . . This is an original fable not to be missed. Starred, Kirkus Reviews Meades beautiful collage illustrations of the earthly garden and glorious afterlife . . . will help kids get closer to the texts religious and philosophical themes. --Booklist, 3/15/07

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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0374370079
ISBN(13-digit): 9780374370077
Dewey Decimal: [E]
Library of Congress: 2005049762
Book Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 40

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