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48 pp.
| Dutton
| October, 1999
|
TradeISBN 0-525-46214-7$$16.99
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Elisa Kleven.
The authors tell an engaging and accurate history by presenting unique neighborhoods and events in a rich overlay of past and present illustrated with collage paintings that fill each page with an exuberant jumble of detail and pattern. But this is no sentimental journey--earthquakes and fires, Japanese internment camps, and more are told of here. A map and a time line tell more stories of the unique people and places of L.A.