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Lindgren, Astrid

The Red Bird

48 pp. | Scholastic/Levine | April, 2005 | Trade ISBN 0-439-62796-6 $16.95
(2) K-3 Translated by Patricia Crampton. Illustrated by Marit Tornqvist. In Lindgren's imagistic text, orphans Matthew and Anna live with a farmer who works them mercilessly. One day a red bird directs them to an open door in the woods that leads to a sunny world where children laugh and play. This paradise transforms Matthew and Anna into happy children. Both the text, written in Swedish in 1959, and art excel at portraying mood through season.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2005

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