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Product Summary
"A New England Scrapbook:
A Journey Through Poetry, Prose, and Pictures"

"A New England Scrapbook"
Guide Rating -  
Pros  •  For children and families.
•  Images capture the essence of New England.
•  A nice introduction for young travelers.
Cons  •  Not an "easy reader."
•  Not for very young children.
•  Text is not as strong as illustrations.
The Bottom Line - This children's book will have particular appeal to families who call New England home or to those that hail from the Northeast originally but find that changing jobs or other circumstances have taken them far from "home."

 
Product Description
•  A book for children and families that answers the question, "What is New England?"
•  Depicts New England's essence in vibrant, yet subdued gouache and colored pencil illustrations.
•  Author and illustrator Loretta Krupinski is a Connecticut resident.
 
 
Guide Review
A New England Book for Families
Through vibrant, yet subdued gouache and colored pencil illustrations, Krupinski captures the essence of New England. Her images of autumn foliage, seaside summer nights with inky blue skies, New England lighthouses, and particularly her watery views create for the reader a sense of the mood and the pace of life that is uniquely New England. Though illustrations dominate, the accompanying text and poems by a variety of writers also help to answer the question posed at the book's outset--"What is New England?" While not an easy reader or a picture book for very young children, this non-fiction children's work is definitely one for reading to little ones on a swinging bench in summer or by the light of a fire on a cozy New England evening.
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