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Clarke, Maxine Beneba

The Patchwork Bike

40 pp. | Candlewick | September, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-5362-0031-7 $15.99
(1) K-3 Illustrated by Van Thanh Rudd. A child in an unnamed village "where we live inside our mud-for-walls home" describes the diversions of daily life, including zooming about with "my crazy brothers" on a "patchwork bike" built of scrap. Clarke's spare, mellifluous language is hand-lettered on Rudd's rough, tactile paintings composed of heavy acrylic paint on recycled cardboard. The illustration choices reflect the book's theme--exposing the harsh reality of life while acknowledging the resilience that comes from homemade joy.
Reviewer: Thom Barthelmess | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2018

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