Knots on a Counting Rope
Text: Martin, B. & Archambault, J. (1997). Knots on a counting rope. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company, Inc. Synopsis: A blind Native American boy named Boy-Strength-of-Blue-Horses begs Grandfather to tell the stories of the night he was born and of a great race. In this poignant story, the counting rope is a metaphor for the passage of time and for a boy's emerging confidence facing his greatest challenge: blindness. Author Information: Bill Martin Jr. couldn't read print until he was in college, but his beloved elementary school teacher, Miss Davis, read to him every day. Martin went on to work as a teacher, a school principal, a textbook editor, and a writer. Genre: Folktale Interest Level: K-2 Reading Level: Fourth grade
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