| Sunflower Sal (Prairie Paperback Books) | 
 enlarge | Author: Janet S. Anderson
Creator: Elizabeth Johns
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Category: Book
List Price: $6.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 891440
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7.9 x 0.1
ISBN: 0807576638
EAN: 9780807576632
ASIN: 0807576638
Publication Date: March 1999
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Product Description
"Sal desperately wants to make a quilt, but her big hands just don't seem to have the knack of doing such small, fussy work. What she is good at is raising sunflowers. . . . A late-summer climb to the top of Bare Hill reveals that the neat squares of fields and pasture below have been 'stitched together with sunflowers--Sal has made her quilt. It's a lovely story from Anderson about finding one's true gifts, with sun-washed oil paintings in a palette of gold, brown, and green" ("Kirkus Review").
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Warm and wonderful, Sal teaches self-acceptance September 8, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The author has created an endearing character who has real-life concerns of size and self-acceptance. The book is about sunflowers and families, but it is really a tool to help children appreciate their own unique abilities and perspectives. Sunflower Sal is an unpretentious child who loves her family, her life and the large sunflowers she plants yearly. She learns to love her size, as well. By accepting that some things come naturally to her, she gives up her struggle and "thinks big". Her contribution is heart warming, and very like Sal herself.
Assisted by her family, Sal finds her "gift" by thinking big January 15, 1999
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Sal is a big girl in search of her special talents. She admires her grandmother's quilting abilities and tries to quilt herself, but is dissatisfied with the results. With supportive encouragement from her family, Sal pursues her gift of planting sunflower seeds, and is beautifully rewarded at harvest time. A great book to promote positive self-esteem (especially in girls). Warm, lovely illustrations.
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