This Caldecott book is another great tool for classroom language arts teachers struggling to teach their students great diction and imagery. The author of this books "throws words" as artfully as Dave the Potter "throws clays" to create beautiful yet functional pottery. The illustrations capture the grace and the magic of Dave's hands shaping "gritty grains" into pots that will be used to hall water, to "hold memories..." And Dave's words, which he engraved in the still-wet clay answered the human need of all of us--"to let us know that he was here."
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