When her younger sister cuts her leg in an accident, Maisie uses the knowledge of herbal medicine she learned from their mother, a healer in their mountain community.
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From Publishers Weekly
Softly colored, dreamlike images flavor the (somewhat long) atmospheric story of a girl who must conquer her fear of a rickety bridge to summon help for her injured sister. Ages 7-9.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Grade 1-4-- Two sisters who live with their mother in an isolated mountain setting are approaching the brink of their young womanhood. The mother is the wise woman whose knowledge of plant medicine is a valued skill; Callie, dramatic and daring, longs to leave the mountain and seek her fortune in the city; Maisie, the timid narrator, can't even bear to stand on the rope bridge that leads across the gorge. One night, Mama leaves the girls alone to tend a neighbor in childbirth, and Callie's boldness changes in a moment to rashness. When she is injured, Maisie is placed in the position of responsibility. She realizes that crossing the dangerous bridge at night in bad weather to get help is impossible for her. Instead, she uses what she learned from her mother to make a poultice and tea for Callie, and arrives at her own future course. Mama pronounces the story's epigram: "There is more than one way to cross a bridge." Talifero's understated paintings begin with marbled backgrounds in strong pastel tints. Human and animal figures are lightly suggested with spare strokes and multiple colors. A complex picture book for readers young and old. --Ruth Semrau, Lovejoy School, Allen, TX
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Carol Fisher Saller is a senior manuscript editor at the University of Chicago Press and editor of the CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE's online Q&A. She currently writes for the LINGUA FRANCA blog at the CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. Visit THE SUBVERSIVE COPY EDITOR blog at http://www.subversivecopyeditor.com/blog.
Carol is also the author of a new middle-grade children's novel, EDDIE'S WAR. Visit her website at http://www.carolsaller.com/.
Carol is also the author of a new middle-grade children's novel, EDDIE'S WAR. Visit her website at http://www.carolsaller.com/.
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