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32 pp.
| Houghton |
March, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-544-27220-0$16.99
(2)
K-3
As a girl, Mary Nohl "was happiest when her hands were busy making, building, creating things." Later she returns to the Wisconsin lake house she'd helped her father build and begins a lifelong art project, erecting a menagerie of larger-than-life sculptures inspired by her world travels. Touches of whimsy reflect Mary's outsized imagination; digital collages of scratchy, affectionate paintings mirror this sense of wonder. Bib.
Reviewer: Thom Barthelmess
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2015