Description
📘 The Sewing Lesson
✨ A Heartwarming Story of Love, Masks, and Learning
When a mysterious light and humming noise disturb her sleep, a curious young girl follows the sound to discover her mother sewing face masks late at night. She learns that essential workers—and everyone commuting to work—must now wear masks.
Despite her initial hesitation, the young girl chooses a colorful handmade mask and, inspired by her mother’s dedication, asks to learn how to sew one herself. Her goal? To create a mask for her grandfather, a frontline hospital worker. The emotional hug they share when he returns home is a moment of hope and gratitude during uncertain times.
This gentle and inspiring picture book is perfect for children learning about compassion, courage, and community during times of change.
📚 Available in 15 Languages:
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, and Ukrainian.
📖 Formats:
Paperback, E-book (PDF), and E-book (EPUB)
👩🎨 About the Author:
Deana Sobel Lederman is an author-illustrator and cartoonist whose work spans children’s books, comics, and museum collaborations. Her beloved children’s series, Rainbows, Masks and Ice Cream, was published by TBR Books in 2020 and translated into 14 languages.
She also wrote and illustrated Morgan, a story about a young girl who dreams of becoming an educator at the very museum she was named after—New York’s Morgan Library & Museum. When a royal family visits from across the globe, Morgan helps create a magical experience for their children… but when things go awry, will Morgan save the day?
Deana has collaborated with institutions such as the Morgan Library & Museum, creating illustrations for both marketing and retail. She was the longtime creator of Philip the Sea Lion, a webcomic about a Central Park Zoo sea lion with big-city dreams.
A graduate of UC Berkeley and former staff cartoonist for The Daily Californian, Deana now lives in San Diego with her husband and their two young sons.
🔗 Learn more at www.deanasobel.com
🧵 Why Kids Love This Book:
✔️ Uplifting and timely message
✔️ Beautiful illustrations and a relatable young heroine
✔️ Perfect for ages 4–8
📦 Product Details:
Format: Paperback, E-book (PDF), E-book (EPUB)
Length: 22 pages
Illustrations: Full-color
💬 Add it to your shelf today – a story that teaches kindness, creativity, and courage in a time of change.
Fabrice Jaumont –
Conceived during the “Great Pause,” Deana Sobel Lederman’s Rainbows, Masks, and Ice Cream trilogy brought us joy and a brilliant way to talk to our children about the virus. To be able to read these stories in our home language also meant they felt closer to our heart.
– Dr. Fabrice Jaumont, Author and Educator.
Robin Cogan –
This is a gentle story for families with young children who may be fearful of wearing masks during COVID19. The author/illustrator crafted a tale that reframes how we can explain COVID19 to our children. There are life lessons to be learned for children and grownups in The Sewing Lesson.
– Robin Cogan, School Nurse
Alexa Ingram –
I could not share Noah Henry fast enough with my teachers and friends. Deana took unprecedented events and circumstances and portrayed them through the eyes of a child in a way I never could have done as a mom or an educator.
– Alexa Ingram, School District Administrator & Mama
Victoria Roberts –
Deana Sobel Lederman has the gift of writing for children with warmth and clarity and charm. Her drawings are the perfect counterpoint
to her writing and in their simplicity bring to mind Jean de Brunhoff.
– Victoria Roberts, New Yorker Cartoonist
Sam Gross –
The drawings are exquisite.
– Sam Gross, New Yorker Cartoonist