The Farmer and the Clown by Marla Frazee6/10/2023 The pencil and gouache landscapes draw on soft, smoky grays and yellows and sometimes grayish yellows, giving the wide-open plains a period, possibly Depression-era feel that adds atmosphere and enhances the importance of the warmth between the two protagonists. Frazee imbues her simple story with the immediacy and pathos of a short silent film, and both the clown kid and the old farmer are dramatic body actors: the kid's overemoting and excitedly flapping limbs make him the fizzy center of most spreads, and his disconsolate drooping is as sad as a puppy whimper. Horn Book, November/December 2014 STARRED REVIEW. Appearances can be deceiving in this superb wordless book from two-time Caldecott Honor recipient Frazee.Using only pictures, Frazee's book-both spare and astonishingly rich-offers a riveting narrative, characters to care deeply about, and an impressive range of emotion.
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