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Auntie Luce's Talking Paintings by Francie LaTour
Auntie Luce's Talking Paintings is a stunningly beautiful book, Ken Daley's art bursting with color and vitality and expanding on the stories told in Francie LaTour's words. It's a magnificent piece of artistic achievement.
The text pushes this book, in my opinion, a wee bit older than kindergarten. Latour builds Haiti's past and present around the story of a family trip and a painting; most of the pages are fairly text heavy, pushing it beyond the youngest of listeners, though the art may well hold their attention.
This would work as a read aloud or read along for slightly older readers, maybe first grade though third or fourth; it could also serve as an excellent introduction to Haitian history.
The text pushes this book, in my opinion, a wee bit older than kindergarten. Latour builds Haiti's past and present around the story of a family trip and a painting; most of the pages are fairly text heavy, pushing it beyond the youngest of listeners, though the art may well hold their attention.
This would work as a read aloud or read along for slightly older readers, maybe first grade though third or fourth; it could also serve as an excellent introduction to Haitian history.