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48 pp.
| Atheneum |
January, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-0-689-84732-5$16.99
(1)
4-6
Using only cut-paper and clamorous, swirling, out-of-sight colors, Bryan sets three spirituals to pictures that are dynamic, monumental, and stirring. Throughout, the imagery is brilliant. Bryan has long been known for his exuberant decorative motifs, but in this instance, with three sets of lyrics that are themselves all imagery, his scope widens. With words and music appended: exciting, absorbing, immensely moving.
Reviewer: Barbara Bader
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2007