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Reviewed on May 1, 2000
Gr 1-3 A young African-American girl describes her family's annual trip to the house of the Old Ones, her father's seven uncles and aunts who raised him. The text is a gentle, poetic, memory piece of family members so long together that they blend into a loving unit. The bold oil illustrations cut sharp, vibrant individuals but fail to extend the text. There are no answers in the pictures or the text should readers wonder why one a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More