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40 pp.
| Lee |
October, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-1-60060-241-2$19.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Shadra Strickland.
Bird dreams of becoming an artist. He especially enjoys watching and drawing birds. After the death of his drug-addict brother, Bird finds solace in his wise uncle's comparison between a bird's broken wing, which can be fixed, and a "broken soul," which cannot. This plaintive picture book in verse for intermediate readers features free-flowing watercolor, gouache, charcoal, and pen illustrations.