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Balpe, Anne-Gaëlle
1 Reviews
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K-3
Translated by Kathryn Bishop.
Illustrated by
Eve Tharlet.
Tiny elf-like Oli finds a large blue stone. The forest creatures tease him for keeping it, but Oli says: "I'm sure I will find a use for it one day." And in fact, he eventually meets a distraught child whose doll is missing an eye. The dreamy illustrations, in which perspective is skewed and emotions are stronger than reality, suit the text’s sense of longing.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
1 reviews
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