Brass Button (Spring 1997, Atheneum, Illustrations by Susan Paradise, $16.00)

Serendipity and intrigue mark the journey of a brass button around a neighborhood over a year's time. Only the lucky reader knows how it chances it way from hand to beak to paw. "Dragonwagon's story is neatly told and has a satisfying circularity to it," says Publishers' Weekly. "(illustrator) Paradise elaborates on the tale's inherent sweetness crafting a cozy world ... color drenched."

That circularity is not only in the round button, but the web of small-town relationships developing and unfolding throughout the four seasons. Mrs. Moffat, an art teacher, her young students and their families, and her next door neighbor are linked through happenstance, love, and , without their knowing it, the button. "Two parallel stories are rolled into one in this satisfying picture book ... a charming story for the young at heart to share with the young." School Library Journal. 

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