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Gilchrist, Jan Spivey

My America

32 pp. | HarperCollins | June, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-079104-9 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-06-079105-6 $17.89
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Ashley Bryan & Jan Spivey Gilchrist. Bryan and Gilchrist illustrate Gilchrist's celebratory poem ("Have you seen my country? Seen my magic skies?...Have you seen my people? We hail from every shore") in alternating spreads. Bryan's are riotously colored, swirling paeans to nature; Gilchrist's are quieter dreamlike portraits of children. The contrast in the artists' styles, plus the propulsive page turns, make for a successful poem-as-picture-book.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

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