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Brenner, Barbara

The Boy Who Loved to Draw: Benjamin West

48 pp. | Houghton | September, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-395-85080-0 $$15.00
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Olivier Dunrea. The choice of subject, emphasis on West's early years, and careful selection of childlike incidents all make this biography of "the father of American art" appropriate as a picture-book treatment and appealing for the intended audience. The result is a handsome interpretation cast in a well-designed format with simple two-line black borders framing the text and flattened, angular illustrations.
Reviewer: Mary M. Burns | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 1999

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