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de Varennes, Monique

The Sugar Child

40 pp. | Atheneum/Schwartz | October, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-689-85244-4 $16.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Leonid Gore. A marzipan child made by a French-Canadian baker becomes the real child of his and his wife's dreams. Beloved little Matine's sugarlike covering seems fragile, that is, until the day she risks it to comfort a sick friend, thus becoming fully human. Though obvious, this tale is sweet (maybe too much so for some) in both content and metaphor. Pale, soft acrylic and pastel illustrations suggest spun sugar.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

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