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Harriet May Savitz

The Story Blanket

  • The Story Blanket

  • Babba Zarrah has a beautiful woollen sitting blanket, which the children sit on to listen to her stories. Babba Zarrah always says that 'every question has an answer', and when she realises the villagers need new clothes, Babba Zarrah begins to unravel her blanket in secret to make them. She makes so many surprises that soon there is no more blanket to sit on. But when the villagers discover Babba Zarrah's secret, they decide to give Babba Zarrah a surprise in return...

Ferida Wolff worked as a teacher and a journalist before becoming a writer. She lives in the US, and has two grown-up children. Harriet May Savitz has over 24 books published. Elena Odriozola has had over 55 book published in her native Spain. Before turning to children's illustration, she worked in advertising. She illustrated the award-winning The Opposite.

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