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48 pp.
| Candlewick |
October, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-6232-5$15.99
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
P. J. Lynch.
Issa finds a baby in the desert and lovingly raises the girl, teaching her to be a guide like himself; when Issa goes blind, Mariama becomes his eyes. One day the kind pair guides a band of travelers who change their lives. The imagined West Africa setting is enchantingly crisp in both the poetic prose and in Lynch's lavish watercolor and gouache paintings.