| Author: Joan MacPhail Knight,
illustrator: Melissa Sweet |
Charlotte in New York --
It's 1894. Charlotte and
her American family have
been living in France for
two years where her father
has learned the new way of
painting called Impressionism.
Now her father's paintings
are going to be featured
in a show in New York and
the whole family is going
along. New York is a hustling,
bustling city like no other
in the world, and Charlotte
records it all in her colorful
journal.
Illustrated with striking
museum reproductions, beautiful
watercolor paintings, and
collages, the book also includes
biographical sketches of
the featured painters. Charlotte's
exciting journey to the city
that never sleeps will make
any reader shout, "I
love New York!"
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From Kirkus Reviews
This
author-illustrator pair successfully
continues
the conceit of the child
of a fictional 19th-century
American painter living in
Giverny, in Paris and now
in New York. The pair's attention
to historical detail is utterly
winning. For example, Charlotte's
entries in her diary about
Monsieur Durand-Ruel's auto
breaking down in Giverny,
the crossing on the ship
Champagne from Le Havre or
the Havemeyers' ball in New
York. Sweet uses collage,
reproductions of the paintings
mentioned and her own spirited
watercolors to teach a few
French words, supply a recipe
or to illumine Charlotte's
comments about the artists'
colony in New Hampshire where
her family goes to escape
New York's summer heat. It's
hard not to be charmed by
her sending a packet of the
new candy, "Good and
Plenty," to Monsieur
Monet, who had asked for
a souvenir. Fans will love
to hear that Charlotte's
mama wants to have her portrait
painted by John Singer Sargent,
so the family will be going
to England next. Brief biographies
of all the real artists and
patrons are appended. |
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| Age: 8 and up |
16.95 (hardcover)
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