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Björk, Christina

Linnea in Monet's Garden

48 pp. | Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky | October, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4022-7729-0 $16.99
New ed. (1987, Farrar)

(3) 4-6 Translated by Joan Sandin. Illustrated by Lena Anderson. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition (in a revised format) introduces a new generation of readers to artist Claude Monet and the Impressionism movement through art- and flower-lover Linnea's exuberant description of a trip to Paris. The book's engaging mix of photographs, watercolor illustrations, and reproductions of Monet's paintings pull readers into the story, which smoothly incorporates facts and information.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth