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This picture book biography is absolutely glorious. Julie Paschkis' illustrations are exquisite. Words are imbedded into every possible aspect of them. Pablo Neruda was a Chilean poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. He was also a "student, a diplomat, a senator, an activist and a fugitive."
This biography does everything I want a book like this to do. It made me curious to know more about him and his poetry.
This biography does everything I want a book like this to do. It made me curious to know more about him and his poetry.
The illustrations in this one are fascinating. I need to go back and just look at the illustrations. The story is a simplified look at Neruda's life. I can see this being used in conjunction with [b:The Dreamer|6761339|The Dreamer|Pam Muñoz Ryan|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1275692045s/6761339.jpg|7070380] by Pam Munoz Ryan.