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48 pp.
| Lerner/Millbrook |
January, 2003 |
LibraryISBN 0-7613-2261-2$$25.90
(4)
4-6
Photographs by
Cindy Karp.
Nominally told from the point of view of a ten-year-old participant, this is a photo-essay about a California children's-theater group's visit to meet a similar group in Cuba. The details of cross-cultural experiences and of the preparation for a joint production are appealing, but the soft-pedaled, simplistic sermonizing about Cuba distracts readers from gaining much empathy or insight. Color photos, often full-paged, add some life. Ind.