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32 pp.
| North-South |
September, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7358-4263-2$16.95
(4)
K-3
Translated by Jan Michael.
Van Haeringen makes creative use of bold primary colors and white space to reconstruct the world of Henri Matisse as he endures a mobility-reducing illness late in life and creates collages with cut paper. The text, translated from the Dutch, is less successful, with odd phrasing and a reliance on invented dialogue; a biographical note adds value. Not as strong as Jeanette Winter's Henri's Scissors.