This works well with our decodable: Chinlow of Singboat. It's about making something beautiful and changing the world.
I had to pause on these pages:
Her bag was full, but when I tried to snatch it from her, she held on with the strength of heroes.
and then: ...and I understood the promise I had made. I held a forest in my arms, and my heart changed.
The illustrator wrote about it on the Nerdy Book Club blog.
Goodreads says:
An allegorical tale of hope takes on new life in this stirring, gorgeously illustrated story.
On a mean street in a mean, broken city, a young girl tries to snatch an old woman’s bag. But the frail old woman, holding on with the strength of heroes, says the thief can’t have it without giving something in return: the promise. It is the beginning of a journey that will change the thieving girl’s life — and a chance to change the world, for good. Here is the story of a magical discovery that will touch the heart and imagination of every reader, young and old. In an exciting collaboration, author Nicola Davies joins forces with illustrator Laura Carlin to create a contemporary tale inspired by Jean Giono’s 1953 story, L’homme qui plantait des arbres.
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