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Almond, David

The Dam

32 pp. | Candlewick Studio | September, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-9597-2 $17.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Levi Pinfold. During their final visit to an abandoned Northumberland, England, settlement before a dam floods the valley, a young fiddler and her father make music inside the boarded-up houses. The narrative, based on a true story about real-life folk musicians Kathryn and Mike Tickell, is elegiac and melancholy; dark and moody pictures in shades of gray and sepia break into joy with a serene blue lake reflecting a light-filled sky.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2018

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