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"What Arthur Rackham did for children's books early in this century, Michael Foreman is doing for those of today." Scotland on Sunday"
Mixing small, intimate drawings captioned in pencil with larger-scale landscape watercolors, Foreman crafts a sketchy, touching original tale inspired by a family he met in a Chilean waste dump. Driving into the city each day with reclaimed junk to sell, Mia's father dreams of one day building a brick house to replace his family's shanty. That dream edges closer to reality when Mia, out searching for her lost puppy, brings home instead a clump of beautiful wildflowers. The flowers take so well to their new home that soon she and her father both are selling them full time in the city marketplace. Telling the story with an underlying tone of respect rather than outrage or pity, and expertly capturing the Andean setting and characters, Foreman will leave readers impressed by the resourcefulness of Mia and her community, and hoping along with them for a brighter future. (Picture book. 7-9) (Kirkus Reviews)
Mixing small, intimate drawings captioned in pencil with larger-scale landscape watercolors, Foreman crafts a sketchy, touching original tale inspired by a family he met in a Chilean waste dump. Driving into the city each day with reclaimed junk to sell, Mia's father dreams of one day building a brick house to replace his family's shanty. That dream edges closer to reality when Mia, out searching for her lost puppy, brings home instead a clump of beautiful wildflowers. The flowers take so well to their new home that soon she and her father both are selling them full time in the city marketplace. Telling the story with an underlying tone of respect rather than outrage or pity, and expertly capturing the Andean setting and characters, Foreman will leave readers impressed by the resourcefulness of Mia and her community, and hoping along with them for a brighter future. (Picture book. 7-9) (Kirkus Reviews)
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Mia lives with her family in a small South American village beneath the snowy mountains. Their house is put together from the dumped rubbish of the city - it is not much of a place. One day Mia's father brings her a puppy, which she calls Poco because he's so small. When Poco runs away, Mia travels far up into the mountains to search for him. There she finds some white mountain flowers, growing under the stars. Planting them in her village, the flowers bloom and spread all over the dumps. Mia's father helps her sell the flowers in the city, and when asked where they come from, Mia always thinks of Poco and replies, "They come from the stars."
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