Twice Blessed: Yard Sale Stories by Nikki GrimesThings can be much more than things. Why do we love the things that we do? The old guitar, the champagne flutes, the miniature model car and what happens when those objects change hands? In the buying and the selling of things, objects once loved but perhaps discarded or forgotten, we find a treasure trove of untold stories. . . stories of pain, joy, hope, dreams, disappointment. What new purposes might unfold when these objects move from old owners

won the Governor General's Award for illustration in his native Canada

author of Knowing God

Digitally finished multimedia spreads offer appealing characters and handsome patterns of warm color to detail the many uses of pockets--including "discovering together

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Questions throughout the text and suggested activities at the end of each chapter encourage the reader to consider the material more thoughtfully

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