The Promise Basket

A stone when it's thrown can damage, can break, but nothing can shatter the promise I make.

So begins the poem a mother writes on a scrap of paper. She wraps the paper around a stone and places it in a basket to give to her daughter on her first birthday. They are poor, but the mother is determined that gifts will be given when gifts need giving. She keeps her promise, and the Promise Basket, too.

Every time there is a need for gifts, the mother finds a pretty stone to tie up with paper and ribbon, and gives it to her daughter in the basket. She continues the tradition over the years until her daughter has a baby of her own...

The love between a mother and her daughter is celebrated in this lyrical story from Bill Richardson, featuring colorful illustrations by Slavka Kolesar.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Published: 08/06/2019
ISBN: 9781773060897
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 10.70h x 7.70w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2019
Publishers Weekly 06/24/2019
School Library Journal 08/01/2019 pg. 60