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1.30.09
review by Mom and Dad This post is by Mom. When Julia was young, she loved the children’s book, Watch The Stars Come Out. I did, too, so it didn’t matter how many times she asked for it to be read. The author is Riki Levinson and the illustrator, Diane Goode, is also a Caldecott Honor Illustrator. The story is being told by a grandmother to her granddaughter and imagined by the child. She tells about how she came to America as a little girl. After the first time I read this to Julia, she asked if her grandmother wrote it because it is exactly the same story of her grandmother coming here. Each illustration done in color pencils and maybe crayon has the same muted tones that unite the theme. The drawings emit the feeling of the olden days, and nostalgia. The street scenes so interestingly highlight everyone. Sensitivity and closeness is obvious in every gesture. If there were no text, we could still hear the story.
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