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Lewis, J. Patrick

The Stolen Smile

40 pp. | Creative Editions | October, 2004 | Trade ISBN 1-56846-192-5 $17.95
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Gary Kelley. In this handsome picture book for older readers, an Italian man explains how he stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911, and why--he was certain that Leonardo would have wanted his painting in his home country, not France. Lewis catches the narrator's egotistical tone, allowing a glimpse into a slightly unbalanced mind, while Kelley's paintings wittily convey the story. Endnotes are included.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: December, 1999

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