From two-time Caldecott Medallist Sophie Blackall and artist Phoebe Wahl comes a luminous book that braids together the joy of storytelling with the satisfaction of learning a new craft.?

The children of Class 203 are learning to braid. They started with hair and shoelaces, and now they have brought rags from home. Their braid gets longer and longer until one idea transforms it into an extraordinary surprise for their teacher.

Here is the story of a rag rug, intertwined with the stories of the scraps used to create it and those told during its making. The result is a special handmade place where the whole class can gather, ready for more stories.

This charming celebration of storytelling is woven through with an easy-to-learn and impressive craft project, including instructions, and will have readers reaching for scraps to make their own rag rug.

PRAISE FOR SOPHIE BLACKALL:

'A tender and quietly clever tale about friendship, differences and really seeing someone else' GOOD READING MAGAZINE on If We Were Dogs

'Full of imagination and gentle humour . . . The delightful illustrations provide outstanding detail and invite the reader to pore over the images' CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA on If I Was a Horse

'Charming and whimsical visual surprises are found throughout the impeccably designed pages . . . An exquisite equine fantasy, this encourages imaginations to giddyup and run wild and free' BOOKLIST on If I Was a Horse

'Absolutely gorgeous and brilliant fun' READINGS on If I Was a Horse

'A tender, layered masterpiece that itself deserves to be passed along for generations' NEW YORK TIMES on Farmhouse

'Gloriously detailed . . . One of the most evocative and beautiful picture books I've had the pleasure of reading' BETTER READING on Farmhouse

'A lyrical love letter to the past . . . The illustrations feel like a patchwork quilt - with pieces of history and experience stitched together to make a beautiful and complete whole . . . Every page can be revisited over and over again' CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA on Farmhouse

'Painted with the featherlight touch that distinguishes Caldecott Medallist Blackall's work, this graceful account of a lighthouse keeper's life celebrates a lost era . . . A jewel of a creation' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY on Hello Lighthouse

'I will be surprised if a more exquisite picture book will be published this year . . . Children will be fascinated' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW on Hello Lighthouse