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Ghost Wings

By Barbara Joosse
Illustrated by Giselle Potter

10 x 9-5/8 in; 40 pp ; Full color throughout, Ages 4-8
Hardcover
Published in March, 2001
ISBN 0811821641
ISBN13 9780811821643
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$15.95  

Ghost Wings -- Set in Mexico amidst the monarch butterflies' annual migration and during the Days of the Dead, Ghost Wings, written by Barbara M. Joosse, author of the best-selling Mama, Do You Love Me?, and illustrated with the luminescent artwork of Giselle Potter, is the touching story of a little girl whose very best friend is her grandmother. But one spring, Grandmother becomes thin as smoke. When she dies, Papa says, "When you love someone they never really leave." But to the little girl, Grandmother seems impossibly far away. Who will sing to her? Who will chase the monsters from under her bed? Then, during the Days of the Dead, something extraordinary happens that brings Papa's words vividly to life. Ideal for one-on-one sharing as well as a group discussion, Ghost Wings' poignant message of the endurance of love and the power of memory is sure to linger long after the book is closed. A discussion guide is included.

Barbara Joosse is a full-time writer and mother. She lives with her family in a little stone house in Wisconsin. Ms. Joosse has a degree in journalism, but for the past 19 years she has devoted her time and talents to writing nearly twenty books for children.
Visit Barbara Joosse's home page at: www.barbarajoosse.com.

Giselle Potter she lives in New York and comes from a long line of painters. Ghost Wings is her ninth children's book, her first with Chronicle Books.