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Publishers Weekly (starred review) Ibatoulline's sepia-toned illustrations beautifully express this immigrant's tale from Italy to Ellis Island and the start of a new life.This lovingly crafted picture book tells an amazing story that is uniquely American. A powerful introduction to the American immigrant story, and fine inspiration for a classroom project. Ibatoulline.is in equally fine form: his characters' emotionally vivid faces speak of hard lives and fervent dreams, and his sepia-toned scenes never lapse into sentimentality.
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Booklist (starred review) Fleischman's voice for the girl's great-grandfather is instantly engrossing, free of self-pity and resonant with resilience and gratitude.
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Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Small-scale objects tell a large-scale, European coming-to-America story in this beautiful offering from two celebrated children's book creators.An excellent title for sharing and discussion, this will resonate with the many kids who will recognize how small, ordinary things can become treasures. Modern scenes appear in warm, amber-toned colors, while framed sepia vignettes depict past memories as if part of a family album. Ibatoulline's illustrations, done in acrylic gouache, are extraordinarily detailed and expressive. The New York Times Book Review Writing entirely in dialogue, Fleischman employs a natural and believable matter-of-fact tone that provides a fresh view of the immigrant experience, as the humble objects and their stories form the beginning of a loving bond between the little girl and her great-grandfather. sweet story, illustrated alternately in gauzy color for the pictures of the girl and the old man, sepia-toned images for the olden days. With warmth and an uncanny eye for detail, Bagram Ibatoulline gives expressive life to their journey through time - and toward each other. With a narrative entirely in dialogue, Paul Fleischman makes immediate the two characters' foray into the past. Together they tell of his journey from Italy to a new country, before he could read and write - the olive pit his mother gave him to suck on when there wasn't enough food a bottle cap he saw on his way to the boat a ticket still retaining the thrill of his first baseball game. What she finds inside surprises her: a collection of matchboxes making up her great-grandfather's diary, harboring objects she can hold in her hand, each one evoking a memory. Then I'll tell you its story." When a little girl visits her great-grandfather at his curio-filled home, she chooses an unusual object to learn about: an old cigar box.
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Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman and Bagram Ibatoulline tell a breathtaking immigration tale with appeal across generations.