Beloved Coretta Scott King Award-winning storyteller and creator
Ashley Bryan reveals the vibrant spirit of found objects in this
magnificent treasury of poetry and puppets.
Little Cranberry Island. It's a small island, with fewer than a hundred
inhabitants, but it's got more than its share of treasures--including
the magnificent Ashley Bryan himself, a world-renowned storyteller and
author of such classics as All Night, All Day and Beautiful
Blackbird. Daily, for decades, Ashley has walked up and down the beach,
stopping to pick up sea glass, weathered bones, a tangle of fishing net,
an empty bottle, a doorknob. Treasure.
And then, with glue and thread and paint and a sprinkling of African
folklore, Ashley breathes new life into these materials. Others might
consider it beach junk, but Ashley sees worlds of possibilities.
Ashley Bryan's two-foot-tall hand puppets swell with personality and
beauty, and in this majestic collection they make their literary debut,
each with a poem that tells of their creation and further enlivens their
spirit.