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Wordless picture book about neighbors gradually improving their grotty living area. Nice story, but what really stands out are Baker's realistic and detail-filled collaged illustrations.
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Jan 31, 2011
Lisa Vegan
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it was amazing
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Wow! Fabulous book! This is my first Jeannie Baker book; I have three others at home and I’m trying to get all of them. I can’t imagine I’ll like any of the others as much as I love this one though.
This is a mostly wordless picture book, wonderfully illustrated with collage art. The story is of a child as she grows from infancy to motherhood and career, and mostly of the home and street and neighborhood where she makes her home.
It’s touching and sweet and inspiring. This is a fiction book, but t ...more
This is a mostly wordless picture book, wonderfully illustrated with collage art. The story is of a child as she grows from infancy to motherhood and career, and mostly of the home and street and neighborhood where she makes her home.
It’s touching and sweet and inspiring. This is a fiction book, but t ...more
Nov 19, 2016
Grillables
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really liked it
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