A NET TO CATCH TIME

Book Description

At FIRST FOWL CROW(about5:30a.m)the cabin was wreathed in mist Cuffy was fast asleep when the rooster hopped up on th fence post and crowed mightily.
Cuffy want to earn himself some money so he can buy a boat someday-and become a fisher man off Georgia s barrier islands just lkie his daddy But dreams dont come ture without hard work.That s why Cuffy needs to do a good business selling his gran s deviled crabs and that means spending the whole day catchin tyhe crabs and gettin em ready…
A Net to Catch Time follows Cuffy from early in the moring when he wakes up until late in the evering when its time for his little sister to go to bed .With the turn of each page comes a new time of day.And every time of day has its own Gullah name:FIRST FOWL CROW is wake-up time at five thirty in the morning :SUN LAY OVER happens at about two-thirty in the afernoon the hottest part of the day ;and CANDLE-LIGHT TIME comes at seven in the evening at twilight as the daylight fades away and candles glow in the cabins Together these names form a Gullanh "timepiece".
Scott Cook s golwing pastels in soft island hues tenderly capture the sweetness of Sara Harrell Banks s story about havd work steadfast spirit and olve within the family.