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Scott, C. Anne Slonim, David, Illustrator

Old Jake's Skirts

36 pp. | Rising | January, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-87358-615-8
(4) K-3 In this short story packaged as a picture book, taciturn hermit Jake finds his life changing after he stumbles upon a trunk filled with colorful skirts. The text teeters dangerously on the edge of maudlin but is saved by Slonim's richly textured oil paintings, illustrations that gradually shift from dark to sun-illuminated as Jake's morose world brightens.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

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