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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Two-time Caldecott Honor artist Pamela Zagarenski debuts as an author in this tender picture book about the magic of reading. <br><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Step inside the pages of a little girl's magical book as she discovers the profound and inspiring notion that we each bring something different to the same story. Two-time Caldecott Honor artist Pamela Zagarenski debuts as an author in this tender picture book about the joy of reading.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>* "A sumptuously illustrated fable about the magic of storytelling and the power of imagination." <br><b>--<i>School Library Journal</i>, starred review</b> <p/> * "Surreal, staggering mixed-media paintings make traveling across such beautifully varied and bizarre storyscapes exhilarating." <br><b><b>--<i>Kirkus</i>, starred review</b></b> <p/> "Tiny vignettes of the girl looking at these very images in her own treastured book create the sense that readers are reading it along with her...Zagarenski's artwork is irresistable" <br><b><b>--<i>Publishers Weekly</i></b></b> <p/> "The fanciful combination of opulent imagery and mysterious detail will have children imagining stories of their own." <br><i><b><b>--Horn Book Magazine</b></b></i> <p/> "[T]he fabulously layered paintings by two-time Caldecott honor winner Zagarenski are so beautifully constructed and lavishly painted -- swirling patterns and honeycombs in the background, winsome creatures in the fore -- that readers can't help but fall for this book." <br><i><b>--The Boston Globe</b></i> <br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>The Caldecott honor medalist <b>Pamela Zagarenski</b> creates distinctive and deeply layered paintings for books that have been translated into many languages. As well as illustrating picture books, she creates large paintings and has a gift card line. She lives in Stonington, Connecticut. Visit her website at www.pzagarenski.com. <p/> <br>

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