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32 pp.
| Boyds |
October, 2003 |
TradeISBN 1-59078-020-5$$15.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Harvey Stevenson
&
Harvey Stevenson.
In poetic text, a girl describes a Christmas visit to her grandmother's house in Pennsylvania coal country. There is happiness in the visit as well as sadness: the girl's grandfather's empty rocker reminds her of "The lung sickness that comes to those / who go deep into the mines day after day...." Stevenson's muted acrylics evoke the wintertime warmth of family but also quietly capture a sometimes harsh way of life.