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K-Gr 3 This aesthetically appealing and emotionally affecting title provides a child's-eye view of the death of a parent from cancer. The collages are designed to look like a scrapbook of a girl's last year with her father; bits of maps, flowers, ticket stubs, feathers, and dictionary pages are layered with textured papers and paint. The characters are crayon cutouts. Their time together includes a trip to Florida to visit the father's birthplace and fa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The lipstick-pink plastic flamingos floating across a blue-green background on the book jacket may seem an incongruous image for a picture book about the death of a parent, but Flamingo Dream gives the lawn ornaments, and the subject, respectful treatment. The touching, unembellished story is told in the first person by a young girl and illustrated with colorful collages composed of childlike crayon drawings, jagged paper-cutouts, and other significant items (plane tickets, pink feathers, a hospital bracelet). Napoli's unnamed narrator gathers together memories of the months before and the weeks following her father's de...Log In or Sign Up to Read More