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Freeman, Don

Manuelo the Playing Mantis

32 pp. | Viking | March, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-670-03684-6 $$15.99
(3) K-3 Manuelo, a praying mantis, is inspired to learn to play music after attending an outdoor summer concert. He succeeds in making a cello with a walnut shell body and spider web strings. Freeman did not finish this book before his death, and a few of the illustrations were completed from his sketches. The art successfully conveys the warmth and lushness of a summer meadow in this story about following a passion.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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