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Sunday, May 26, 2013

Allen Say

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Have you entered the spare, haunting, thoughtful, dream-like world of Allen Say? His picture books are on my must-read list. The Sign Painter, Grandfather's Journey, Tree of Cranes, The Bicycle Man… oh, they are all so lovely.

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In his gorgeous new picture book biography, Drawing From Memory, Say gives an account of his childhood, growing up in WWII-era Japan, shunned by a father who didn’t understand his desire to draw. Full to the brim with illustrations and photographs, this book is stunning journey.

1 comment:

Hannah said...

You know I love Allen Say! I need to get my hands on this book ASAP ... Although I'm really not supposed to be buying any books at this stage of the packing/moving game! ;-)