Dianna Hutts Aston

Dream Something Big

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Between 1921 and 1955, Italian immigrant Simon Rodia transformed broken glass, seashells, pottery, and a dream to do something big into a U.S. National Landmark. Readers watch the towers rise from his little plot of land in Watts, California, through the eyes of a fictional girl as she grows and raises her own children. Chronicled in stunningly detailed collage that mimics Rodia's found-object art, this thirty-four-year journey becomes a mesmerizing testament to perseverance and possibility. A final, innovative build-your-own-tower activity makes this multicultural, intergenerational tribute a classroom natural and a perfect gift-sure to enco… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Roth, Susan L.

ISBN: 978-0-8037-3245-2
EAN: 9780803732452
Produktnummer: 20463685
Verlag: Random House N.Y.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 40 S.
Sonstiges: Ab 5 - 8 J.

Über den Autor

Susan L. Roth is the author and illustrator of many beautiful books for children. To create the collages for her books, Ms. Roth uses papers from sixteen baskets in her studio, which are lined up by color.