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PICTURE BOOKS

Forler, Nan

Trampoline Boy

48 pp. | Tundra | March, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-77049-830-3 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-77049-831-0

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Marion Arbona. In this inviting story, a boy jumping on his backyard trampoline sees the world from all-new perspectives. Vivid colors and vertical lines dominate the spreads of him jumping, juxtaposed with warm blues and swirling lines in the illustrations showing him, fantastically, suspended in the ether. A girl joins him on the trampoline; the last spread, in which they've jumped above a rainbow, bursts with color and exuberance.

Reviewer: Julie Danielson | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2018