Jigsaw : puzzle in the mail / Bob Graham.

By:

Graham, Bob, 1942-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Somerville : Candlewick Press, 2022Copyright date: �2022Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1536224995
9781536224993

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Summary: ""Oh, let's do it!" say Kitty and Katy and Mom when a thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle mysteriously arrives in the mail. "I have time on my hands," agrees Dad. Starting in winter with the edges, by autumn they're almost done, only to discover that one piece is missing. Mom is sure that it must have accidentally gone out with the trash, so the Kellys pile into the car to comb through the local dump ("shouldn't take long"). There they uncover forgotten letters, train tickets, discarded newspapers, and old photos yellow with age, but finding the missing piece is starting to seem like wishful thinking. "Let's wish, then," says Katy. As in all of Bob Graham's work, the beauty here is in the details, with visual perspectives that offer a bird's-eye view or take us underfoot, wordless sequences letting us in on a secret. Is it sheer luck-or perhaps the power of hope-that creates an ending to the story?"--Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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""Oh, let's do it!" say Kitty and Katy and Mom when a thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle mysteriously arrives in the mail. "I have time on my hands," agrees Dad. Starting in winter with the edges, by autumn they're almost done, only to discover that one piece is missing. Mom is sure that it must have accidentally gone out with the trash, so the Kellys pile into the car to comb through the local dump ("shouldn't take long"). There they uncover forgotten letters, train tickets, discarded newspapers, and old photos yellow with age, but finding the missing piece is starting to seem like wishful thinking. "Let's wish, then," says Katy. As in all of Bob Graham's work, the beauty here is in the details, with visual perspectives that offer a bird's-eye view or take us underfoot, wordless sequences letting us in on a secret. Is it sheer luck-or perhaps the power of hope-that creates an ending to the story?"--Provided by publisher.

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