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Sanna, Alessandro
2 Reviews
(4)
K-3
Translated by Michael Reynolds.
In this almost wordless origin story, a literal stick figure is born from the world's first tree. Journeying past many dangers, the figure grows into another tree that will supply the wood that will become Pinocchio. Sanna's gorgeous watercolor paintings of varying sizes bleed from color to color, sometimes gently, sometimes violently. A unique book in search of an audience.
Reviewer: Grace Worcester Greene
(4)
K-3
Translated by Michael Reynolds.
A full-page watercolor painting and a brief, poetic paragraph open each of four seasonally devoted sections, setting a spare stage for the wordless vignettes about life on Italy's Po River (Sanna's home). Told through a series of horizontal watercolors, usually four per page, the narratives are vague, but the art--emotive, brilliantly lit, and remarkably beautiful--will speak plenty to viewers.
Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen
2 reviews
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