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It's printed in picture-book format- a large size hardcover featuring 40 artists with illustrations and their reminiscences about the importance of books and reading, and includes an index and artist biographies. Artists featured include David McPhail (author and illustrator of The Teddy Bear, which I just read to a class last week as a lesson on good deeds), Mary Azarian, David Wiesner and Paul O. Zelinsky.
I think the book is appropriate for the holiday season for several reasons. It's a beautiful volume with gorgeous artwork that would make a great gift for the childrens'-book-lover in your life, and it reminds us why we value books and reminds us to count our blessings and help those less fortunate. It also gives us a way to help- royalties from the book go directly to support RIF and its projects. You can click on the cover to buy it from your local Booksense-affiliated independent bookseller.
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