{"product_id":"golden-threads-9781961814219","title":"Golden Threads","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully illustrated tale of traditional crafts and communal power.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRachelle is a young girl living in F?s, Morocco in 1920. Surrounded by a warm community of friends, family, and craftspeople--both Jewish and Muslim--Rachelle spends her days playing with other young girls in her neighborhood, trying on her grandmother's amulets, playing jokes on a nosy photographer, and watching her parents as they spin delicate threads made of gold at their jewelry workshop each day. Life in Rachelle's neighborhood, the \u003ci\u003emellah\u003c\/i\u003e, is busy, nourishing, and filled with magic. But rumors of a machine (or is it a monster?) coming from across the sea threaten to change the \u003ci\u003emellah\u003c\/i\u003e and the lives of its craftspeople forever. Banding together with her grandmother, her parents, and the other jewelry makers, Rachelle and four of her friends work together to put a stop to the machine's arrival--but only time will tell if they can save the vibrant world of the \u003ci\u003emellah\u003c\/i\u003e and its beautiful golden threads for good. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGolden Threads\u003c\/i\u003e draws on a series of inspiring historical episodes in F?s, when Jewish and Muslim artisans organized together against the introduction of a new machine that threatened to replace their manual labor and compromise their cherished way of life. A book for both middle grade readers and for adults reading aloud to younger children, \u003ci\u003eGolden Threads\u003c\/i\u003e will take people of all ages on a journey into the multi-faith world of Morocco's craftspeople, inspiring generative conversations about art, labor, community, and technology for years to come.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ayin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781961814219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124","brand":"Ariella A?sha Azoulay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45058774007989,"sku":"9781961814219","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8a39f5bc-5640-4419-87f3-6fb7af3535b0.jpg?v=1738078346","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/golden-threads-9781961814219","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}