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32 pp.
| Dial |
November, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8037-4132-4$16.99
(4)
K-3
When a seagull passes along word that a polar bear "longed for color" in his white world, a girl takes him on a sailboat journey. Wherever they stop (Big Ben, the Parthenon, etc.), he paints what he sees. Mailing his work home ensures that, upon Bear's return, he'll have a colorful life. Kono's spry illustrations lighten the load of her somewhat heavy-handedly allegorical story.