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Wood, Douglas

A Quiet Place

32 pp. | Simon | April, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-689-81511-5 $$16.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Dan Andreasen. On each double-page spread, the text describes a retreat, such as a cavern or the museum where a young boy seeks quiet. Facing the text page, an illustration sets a lavish fantasy in that same place (an early human's cave or an old master's studio). The last quiet place is "inside of you." The lack of progression grows tedious, but the realistic, detailed oil paintings invite imaginative play.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

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