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32 pp.
| Simon |
June, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-689-80539-X$$16.00
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Ted Lewin.
For Carrie's birthday, her grandmother takes her to a "disappearing island" off Cape Cod. Now visible only at low tide, the island once had homes and a lighthouse, but over the years the sea has slowly swallowed it up. Lewin's exquisite watercolors bring the quiet tale to life: Carrie's daydreams of the long-gone island community are strikingly rendered in orange tones, suggesting sun-bleached sepia prints.