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Harris, Shawn

Have You Ever Seen a Flower?

48 pp. | Chronicle | May, 2021 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4521-8270-4 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4521-8292-6 $11.99
(2) PS The child in Harris's pencil illustrations first appears as a bright patch of color within a grayscale cityscape and then emerges into a rainbow world of blooms. The pictures have a rich visual texture, vibrant color, and a naive style, which together imply a child as ostensible artist. This effect is well aligned with the playfully inquisitive text, with rhythm and repetition akin to books by Margaret Wise Brown and Ruth Krauss: "Have you ever seen a flower? I mean really...seen a flower? I mean way down in the clover with your face down in a flower?" The text's direct address invites viewers and readers not just to see a flower alongside the child but to engage in a multisensory experience of communing with nature. Have you ever seen a book quite like this? Not likely.
Reviewer: Megan Dowd Lambert | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2021

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