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32 pp.
January, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-8037-2087-4
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LibraryISBN 0-8037-2088-2
(4)
K-3
Each year when the carnival comes to town, Etta vows to ride the Ferris wheel, but when the times comes, she's always too afraid. A quietly intense first-person narrative gives new life to the well-worn theme of learning to overcome one's fears. Sun-burnished gouache illustrations rendered on canvas add a reassuring, if occasionally overly nostalgic, feel.