To my sister Kathleen Isabel with gratitude and love Stephanie In memory of my mother Lise a skilled and creative seamstress Sylvie Text Copyright 2017 Stephanie Shaw Illustration Copyright 2017 Sylvie Daigneault Design Copyright 2017 Sleeping Bear Press All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without the express written consent of the publisher except in the case of brief excerpts in critical reviews and articles All inquiries should be addressed to 2395 South Huron Parkway Suite 200 Ann Arbor MI 48104 www sleepingbearpress com Printed and bound in the United States 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names Shaw Stephanie author Daigneault Sylvie illustrator Title Piece by piece written by Stephanie Shaw illustrated by Sylvie Daigneault Description Ann Arbor MI Sleeping Bear Press 2017 Summary A weaver dreams of being able to buy things for her children as she crafts a dress of dragon scales and candle glow Identifiers LCCN 2017002843 ISBN 9781585369997 hard cover Subjects CYAC Weaving Fiction Mother and child Fiction Classification LCC PZ7 S53434 Pie 2017 DDC E dc23 LC record available at https lccn loc gov 2017002843
Once upon a time a weaver tucked a memory into her collection basket All day she gathered them up the crunch of leaves the springiness of moss the leap and splash of a fish
At night she wove the day’s bounty into cloth It was rich Exquisite Unique
