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Messier, Mireille

The Branch

40 pp. | Kids Can | September, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-77138-564-0 $16.95
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Pierre Pratt. A little girl mourns when a large branch breaks off from her favorite tree during an ice storm. Luckily, next-door neighbor Mr. Frank makes things from salvaged wood, and together they make...a swing. This is a small but satisfying story of intergenerational friendship, cooperation, creativity, and the labor that goes into creating something worthwhile. Pratt's art is partly expressionistic/childlike and partly painterly/glorious.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2016

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