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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2011
Gr 4 Up—With its 208 pages, this is not your average picture book. Instead, it's a unique reflection on the similarities and differences among people from all walks of life. Blexbolex uses his trademark silkscreen illustrations to provide contrasting images on each spread. Although the text is spare and the book does not contain a true narrative (each page contains one word and one picture), the author conveys an abundance of meaning in the coupled pages. With parings s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2011
First published in France in 2008, a year before Blexbolex's Seasons (rev. 7/10), People is another graphically distinguished compendium of two hundred or so creatively paired words and phrases in block capitals. The accompanying poster-style art here—flat areas of color on near-white grounds enlivened by subtle stippling—is less complex than in Seasons, with a lighter palette that centers on bright medium blues, variants of tangerine and fuchsia, gold, and milk...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Like Blexbolex's <i>Seasons</i>, this French import is another graphically distinguished compendium of two hundred or so creatively paire...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
