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Reviewed on May 1, 2017 | Picture Books
PreS-Gr 2—If The Giving Tree had been French Canadian, perhaps she would have been more like Bertolt, the ancient oak and best friend of the narrator of this small, square book. There are many things to appreciate in Goldstyn's gentle colored pencil drawings, which impart a casual, thrown-off impression even as they embrace precise anatomical details of honeybees or cardinals. Best of all are his renderings of the rich textures of ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More