The Skywriter - Hardcover

Haseley, Dennis

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ISBN 10: 1596432527 ISBN 13: 9781596432529

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press, 2008

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A SOARING FLIGHT OF FANCY

lands one boy at the realization that outgrowing your toys doesn’t necessarily mean outgrowing your imagination.Grown-up Charles dreams of a plane that forms letters in the air, taking him to “fabulous lands where warm breezes blew, and everything shone with diamond light.” Why not? For in the world of his childhood anything was possible. Dreamlike paintings chronicle this journey into a young boy’s mind as misty colors drift into one another and toys spring to action as reality blends with fantasy, and the past with the present.

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DENNIS HASELEY has written many books for children, including THE INVISIBLE MOOSE, A STORY FOR BEAR, and KITE FLIER. His most recent work is TWENTY HEARTBEATS (Roaring Brook, Spring 08). He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

DENNIS NOLAN is an award-winning author and illustrator who has written and/or illustrated numerous works, including his first Golden Kite Honor Book, DINOSAUR DREAM (also a season’s choice in both Newsweek and The New Yorker), and whose artwork has been exhibited around the country. He lives near Northampton, Massachusetts.

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When does a child lose faith in make-believe? How does the power of imagination fade? Haseley (Twenty Heartbeats) and Nolan (The Castle Builder) explore these questions in their quiet tale of a boy's evolving relationship with his toy airplane and the dollhouse figures that fly it. As Charles grows older, the voices of his toys grow fainter, until one day he can no longer hear them and throws away the playthings. But their hold on his imagination remains, and he rescues them from the trash to pass on to his soon-to-be-born brother. The toys speak among themselves when alone on the page, lending a subtle truth to Charles's pretend. Especially effective are the occasional intersections of imagination and reality—an airplane in the sky dips its wings in farewell when Charles can no longer hear his toys speak. Haseley's poetic, restrained language pairs well with Nolan's representational illustrations, which are softened by a mixed-color sepia wash. The sensibility and scope, however, may be too adult; children may find the paucity of action combined with the muted illustrations less than compelling. Ages 4–8. (Sept.)
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PublisherRoaring Brook Press
Publication date2008
ISBN 10 1596432527
ISBN 13 9781596432529
BindingHardcover
Number of pages32
IllustratorNolan Dennis
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The Skywriter

Haseley, Dennis; Dennis Haseley

Published by A Neal Porter Book/ Roaring Brook Press/ A Division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership, New York (2008)

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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. Dust Jacket Condition: Brand New. Dennis Nolan (Illustrated by); Barbara Grzeslo (Book Design); Dennis Nolan (Jacket Illustration) (illustrator). 1st Edition Sept.2008/ 1st Printing. Page Number: N/A. Copy and dust jacket in pristine state. Seller Inventory # 4ivDa0041

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