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40 pp.
| Feiwel
| July, 2016
|
TradeISBN 978-1-250-076373$17.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Vasanti Unka.
Hill "can see the sun rising"; Hole "can feel the earth breathing." Keen to experience each other's perspectives, they ask capable digger Mole to "make Hole a hill, and Hill a hole." With its inanimate-object main characters, dynamic text layout, striking art with marbleizing effects, and an open-ended conclusion, this parable of sorts is singular.
32 pp.
| Peachtree
| September, 2008
|
TradeISBN 978-1-56145-457-0$16.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Ali Teo
&
John O'Reilly.
What begins as a story about how little boys find kisses disgusting ends with a welcome curveball: Andy, who habitually hides from his affectionate aunt, actually finds himself missing her when she doesn't show up. The inventive illustrators use digital collage to great effect, setting the cartoony cast against color-photo backdrops and dressing them in multi-patterned fabrics.