My Day with the Panye

by Tami Charles

Book Overview

A young girl in Haiti is eager to learn how to carry a basket to market in an exuberant picture book with universal appeal.

"To carry the panye, we move gracefully, even under the weight of the sun and the moon."

In the hills above Port-au-Prince, a young girl named Fallon wants more than anything to carry a large woven basket to the market, just like her Manman. As she watches her mother wrap her hair in a mouchwa, Fallon...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763697494
• ISBN13: 9780763697495
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 5 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 4