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Age Range
4 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1997-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Square Fish
Grade Level
Pre-K - 3rd
ISBN
9780805054798
Lexile
550L
Themes
disabilities
life changes

Knots on a Counting Rope

Written by Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault and Illustrated by Ted Rand
A boy grows up by coming to terms with his blindness and his beloved grandfather's impending death. The knots on a counting rope is a metaphor for the way he does that.
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Age Range
4 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1997-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Square Fish
Grade Level
Pre-K - 3rd
ISBN
9780805054798
Lexile
550L
Themes
disabilities
life changes
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