Books of Wonder

A Knot is Not a Tangle

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$11.96 $18.99 In stock

Category: Signed Books

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Knots are necessary and imperfection is a gift in this poignant, Kirkus-starred picture book about an Iranian boy learning to make a new family rug with his grandmother, from an award-winning duo.

Here’s something to remember: Even a rug can be a precious thing.

One morning, a young boy is woken up early by his grandmother. It’s time to make a new rug for the family. Together, they wash and dye the wool. When it’s time to knot the threads, the young boy grows nervous. He wants to make it perfect. But why aren’t the colors right? And why can’t he weave as swiftly as his grandmother?

In this lyrical picture book about imperfection, tradition, and togetherness, A Knot is Not a Tangle explores the memories woven into one family's Persian rug, and is a gentle reminder of imperfection's greatest gifts.

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Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Timothy ★★★★★

My 7-year-old keeps asking why the boy's knots look messy, and that question sparked the best bedtime talk we've had in months. The signed copy arrived with a genuine ink signature on the title page, which made it feel like a small gift. The Kirkus star on the cover is well earned.

Andrew F. ★★★★★

My grandmother taught me to knit, so the loom and rug scenes hit close to home. The signature on the title page is real ink, not a printed replica, which I checked twice. My six-year-old asks for this one at bedtime now.

James Q. ★★★★★

The signature page is clean and the cover art looks even richer in person. My kid asked to read it twice in a row, and we both got something different from the rug-making story each time.