Monday is Wash Day

In this timeless story from a time not solong ago, Annie and her sister help Mama with washing the clothes on Mondaymorning. From gathering and sorting the clothes, to washing and hanging themoutside to dry, to folding and putting them away, the family works together to get the job done. "First we work and then we play." Mama smiles but walks with purpose to the porch. Tessa Blackham's warm, hand-paintedcut-paper collages bring the reader toa time in the Midwest when doing thelaundry was an all-day family chore.