![]() ![]() ![]() In work of remarkable intricacy, dozens of strips of paper painted in yellows, blues, and greens are cut fine and laid out to represent the long, even furrows of farm fields lace curtains undulate in a breeze. The writer's childhood recollections unspool informally, fondly, as if being recalled for family members: "There were small towns with names we loved-/ Sunrise, Rattlesnake, Chugwater, and Spotted Horse." She knits simple words into lines of beauty: "Where I was born, the earth smelled of cattle and bluegrass and hyssop." Archer's hypnotic images show the prairie stretching out like an ocean, its hues and substance changing and fading toward the horizon. By Grade + Interest - K to 1st By Grade + Interest - 2nd to 3rd By Grade + Interest - 4th to 5thĮlaborate sun-filled spreads by Archer ( Daniel's Good Day) illuminate Newbery Medalist MacLachlan's farm-life memories in this dazzling picture book. ![]()
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