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Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli
By MACLEAR, Kyo
- ISBN
- 9780062447616
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Harper
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2018 | Elementary
K-Gr 2—This stunningly illustrated picture book biography on fashion pioneer Elsa Schiaparelli opens on a melancholy tone that is carried through much of the story—her parents were disappointed that she was born a girl. The first-person narration adds tenderness and a sense of intimacy to the story, but holes exist in this telling, which focuses to a fault on Schiaparelli's childhood and development. When the adult Schiaparelli ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2019
An imagined first-person voice, dotted with (sourced) quotations, introduces flamboyant Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli. Beginning with her parents' harsh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on March 1, 2019
An imagined first-person voice, dotted with (sourced) quotations, introduces flamboyant Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli. Beginning with her parents' harsh tre...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
