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K-Gr 2—In spreads that begin wordlessly, scratchboard and watercolor images introduce a child as she says good-bye to her mother, an airline pilot. Then snow mounts, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Sidman and Krommes (Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow, rev. 9/06; Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature, rev. 9/11) reunite for this picture-book evocation of a child's hopes. Wordless front-matter illustrations rendered in Krommes's signature scratchboard technique depict a mother and child walking their dog at the end of a bleak winter's day. After arriving home, the child frowns upon seeing a brimmed blue hat with gold embellishments. On the facing page, the child tries to hide it from the mother. To...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

After a series of wordless illustrations, Sidman's poetic text begins ("In the deep woolen dark, as we slumber unknowing"). A child's m...Log In or Sign Up to Read More