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Swain, Gwenyth

Riding to Washington

40 pp. | Sleeping Bear | February, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-1-58536-324-7 $17.95
(4) K-3 Tales of Young Americans series. Illustrated by David Geister. In Riding, Janie goes with her father on a bus to hear Martin Luther King Jr. In Lucky, Ruth's school is closed during the Great Depression. Both stories purport to show a child's interpretation of a time in history, though their voices waver unconvincingly between naive and profound. The realistic-looking paintings, though stiff, make good use of light and shadow. Review covers these Tales of Young Americans titles: Riding to Washington and The Lucky Star.
Reviewer: Becky Levine

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