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Children's Watercolour
We're Riding on a Caravan
Publisher - Barefoot Books
Author - Laurie Krebs
Review
“This well researched and enchantingly presented picture book invites young readers to join a “caravan” for an historic journey along the ancient trade route known as China's silk road…The illustrations, which use watercolour, collage and graphite to great effect, do much more than contribute to the telling of the story: they show children, the buildings, plants, terrain and costumes of the people of the time.” (5 stars)
Books for Keeps
I loved finding out about Chinese culture and geography but also developing the characters of the family (and their animals) on the journey, their excitement, expectation, weariness and final elation on arriving at the market. |
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