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Hegi, Ursula

Trudi and Pia

40 pp. | Atheneum/Schwartz | March, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-689-84683-5 $$16.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Giselle Potter. Adapted from Hegi's adult novel Stones from the River, this is a fablelike tale of a young dwarf who tries everything to grow, until she meets an adult dwarf--a circus lion-tamer--who teaches her self-acceptance. Potter's gouache illustrations are whimsical but respectful of the mostly serious story, which nevertheless doesn't seem to find itself at home in the picture book format.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton

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