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Each button on Laura’s memory string represents a piece of her family history. The buttons Laura cherishes the most belonged to her mother—a button from her prom dress, a white one off her wedding dress, and a single small button from the nightgown she was wearing on the day she died. When the string breaks, Laura’s new stepmother, Jane, is there to comfort Laura and search for a missing button, just as Laura’s mother would have done. But it’s not the same—Jane isn’t Mom. In Eve Bunting’s moving story, beautifully illustrated by Ted Rand, Laura discovers that a memory string is not just for remembering the past: it’s also for recording new memories.

在后院的橡树下，萝拉拿出传家宝——“记忆的项链”，对着冷漠的猫咪重述着每个纽扣的来历：一个是外曾祖母第一件成年礼服上的扣子，一个是妈妈结婚礼服上的扣子，一个是爸爸军服上的扣子，一个是妈妈死时穿着的睡衣上的扣子……突然猫咪不耐烦地跳了起来，扯断了项链，所有的扣子散落一地。萝拉的爸爸和新妈妈——珍妮帮忙一起找回所有的纽扣，除了爸爸军服上的那一颗，萝拉伤心极了。晚上，萝拉听见爸爸在和珍妮商量直接从军服上再剪下一颗纽扣替代，但珍妮坚决反对，她说：“萝拉宁可让那颗扣子搞丢，也不会要一个替代品。就像妈妈一样，没有人可以代替。”为此，萝拉想着珍妮的话，想了很多很多。最后爸爸军服上的扣子能找回来吗？故事又会是怎么样的结局？让我们一起打开书来看看吧。