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This is an additional purchase that will be best appreciated by readers who enjoy a quiet story.
As it does such an effective job of addressing social issues such as friendship and bullying, this audiobook is a recommended purchase for any library serving elementary-age students.
A coming-of-age story that will expand graphic novel collections with its incorporation of the historical oppression, community empowerment, and identities of marginalized communities in 1970s New York City.
A charming, celebratory ode to the writing life and those who follow their artistic inclinations wherever they lead.
It's all a bit sketchy.—Miriam Lang Budin, Chappaqua Library, NY
In just twenty words and a set of artfully plain pictures, Paul and Lehman reveal a sweet, multilayered story of family loss and closeness. May Swift lives with her father and (anthropomorphized) dog on a prairie farm sometime in the 1920s. May dreams of flying to Saturn, but the biplane in their farmyard sits abandoned, inhabited by chickens. When May finds an old photo album, she discovers that her mother was a barnstormer pilot and persuades her father that the plane, the Mighty Comet, should fly again. In the final illustration we see the family flying off into the night
The spare plot may not engage all listeners but the detailed illustrations and sympathetic protagonist make this a sweet read.
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