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Gr 1–4—This is a compelling, contemporary interpretation of a well-known 19th-century poem about a village blacksmith. Paired with Longfellow's verse, Karas's illustrations follow a modern blacksmith as he loads scrap metal into the back of his pickup truck and heads to his red workshop in the middle of a village. A neighbor brings him a broken wrought-ir...Log In or Sign Up to Read More