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Rumford, James

Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad

32 pp. | Roaring Brook/Porter | March, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59643-276-5 $17.95
(2) K-3 Ali, a boy in contemporary Baghdad, loves to create the letters of Arabic calligraphy. When he has no trouble writing harb, the word for war, but struggles to draw the word for peace, readers will feel Ali's pain for his country. Rumford's mixed-media illustrations echo the collage work of Ezra Jack Keats and Patricia Polacco while still showcasing the calligraphy.
Reviewer: Robin L. Smith | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2008

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