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32 pp.
| Frances Lincoln |
October, 2017 |
TradeISBN 978-1-84780-676-5$19.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Jane Ray.
In sixteenth-century Venice, a glassmaker desperate to cheer up his sullen daughter promises a glass palace to anyone who can make her smile. No one succeeds until one young glassmaker uses a secret formula to create something new: a looking glass. This gentle story's fairy-tale tone is furthered by fanciful watercolor, gouache, and ink illustrations, including a striking spread with shiny foil details.