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Rocha, Ruth

Lines, Squiggles, Letters, Words

48 pp. | Enchanted Lion | October, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59270-208-4 $16.95
(3) K-3 Translated by Lyn Miller-Lachmann. Illustrated by Madalena Matoso. Originally published in Brazil in 1987, this newly translated picture book captures the amazement of learning to read. Pedro finds letters he's just learned miraculously appearing on signs, posters, and T-shirts. Portuguese illustrator Matoso uses a limited palette, broad fields of color, and flattened perspective, creating enigmatic graphics that play with the concept of visual representation and cleverly pointing to the way written language works.
Reviewer: Dorrie Karlin

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