Sashiko's Stitches author-Anne Downer What is a boy to

What is a boy to do when a lost penguin shows up at his door

Then her dad drops a bombshell: he and Claude’s mom are splitting up

But at the sudden loss of her parents

Mankind won the war that followed

Sashiko's Stitches author-Anne Downer What is a boy to*Signed Bookplates!* Stitch by stitch, a child learns to cope with difficult emotions through the traditional Japanese embroidery practice of sashiko in this moving picture book. Sashiko is a young girl with very big feelings. When her mother teaches her about her namesakethe traditional Japanese practice of mending through embroideryshe finds an outlet for some of those emotions. With each stitch, the dark cloud around her lightens, until her big