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Gr 3-6–When author/photographer Sobol returned to rural Thailand to share copies of The Life of Rice (Candlewick, 2010) with the people he wrote about, he was intrigued to find the villagers involved in silk production and silk weaving–a dry-season activity–and he immediately began collecting material for a new book. In this engaging, first-person account, he shares his observations of the people and their customs as they walk him through their silk-making process, all of which is done, traditionally, b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Who knew a book about worm spit could be so interesting! When photojournalist Sobol asked the rice farmers of Thailand what they did during the dry season between rice crops, they replied, “Worms!” So Sobol returned to the village of Huai Thalaeng to write this follow-up to his The Life of Rice, observing all the stages of creating silk. From the arrival of silkworm eggs, tiny as poppy seeds, to the growth of silkworms in baskets full of mulberry leaves, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

From the arrival of tiny eggs to the growth of silkworms in baskets of mulberry leaves, the cooking of cocoons, and the creat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More