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32 pp.
| Random/Schwartz & Wade |
April, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-0-375-87007-1$16.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-375-97007-8$19.99
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A grandfatherly figure's encouragement speaks in this second-person account of one small, pigtailed learner's perseverance and triumph, a wobbly passage tracked from selecting a bike to a confident last-page trajectory. With his loose watercolor images at their most fluid, Raschka depicts the adult leaning toward the child in a visual balance that bespeaks protection, assistance, and commiseration.