Trish Cook is an award-winning author, scriptwriter, and actress of Dominican heritage. Her most popular children's book, So Much, won the Smarties Book Prize and the Kurt Maschler Award. She has written plays for stage, television, and radio and also runs creative writing workshops. Caroline Binch is an award-winning children's illustrator and author best known for her illustrations of the international bestseller, Amazing Grace. Her book Hue Boy won the Smarties Gold Award in 1993 and Gregory Cool was highly commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal. She lives in Cornwall, United Kingdom.
This is a beautiful book with painstaking, lifelike illustrations
that pull you into the story from the start - And I love the way
the exploration collides here with a celebration of the rapport
between a grandmother and her grandson: family, at its best, the
ultimate tonic.
--The Observer Atmospheric illustrations - A very special story
about the power of the imagination.
--Parents in Touch You feel as though you were there. And you could
be. Maybe.
--Bookwitch It is a great pleasure to recommend another title by
the same award-winning author. I would hazard a guess that Look
Back! will be just as popular with a slightly older readership at
KS1 and early KS2.
--The School Librarian Binch's lavishly detailed art pulls readers
into the setting and expertly conveys Christophine's nervous
movement. ...a story whose characters feelings are so vividly
rendered readers may recall seeing such expressions in real life.
Beautiful visuals aside, it will also make a walloping read-aloud,
with its West Indian cadences....
A lovely celebration of the grandparent and grandchild
relationship. (Picture book. 5-9) --Kirkus Reviews Beautiful
realistic watercolors mirror the plot and let the reader in on the
secret. This will make a great read-aloud, and youngsters will love
chiming in with the call-and-response, 'eh kwik eh kwak'.
--Booklist Gorgeous, lifelike illustrations of Caribbean
rainforests and a Dominican-American family bolster the appeal of
this tale...Honoring the grandparent-grandchild relationship and
family heritage, this book will be a new favorite for imaginative
youth. --Foreword
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