Jeannie Baker
Candlewick Press (2010)
Another increbilly gorgeous, unique book that will potentially amaze you! The pages of this book open out, so that each page is actually the equivalent of four pages. One half is the story of a day in the life of an Australian family. The other half is a day in the life of a Moroccan family. One half is written in English, the other in Arabic. The theme of the book is that "the inner person of a "stranger" may not be a stranger at all."
Besides the cool idea (which would be cool in and of itself), the illustrations are breathtaking. Jeannie Baker uses collage-- a mix of natural and artificial materials such as "sand, earth, clay, paints, vegetation, paper, fabric, wool, tin, and plastic."
Oh, I so want to read all her books!
http://www.jeanniebaker.com/index.htm
http://www.walker.co.uk/contributors/Jeannie-Baker-3387.aspx
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