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The Sleeping Gypsy

Mordicai Gerstein, illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein

Inspired by Henri Rousseau’s painting The Sleeping Gypsy, this imagined story explores the figures and animals connected with the artwork. A girl lies asleep on desert sand while a lion protects her. The book considers how the painting might have come to include the girl and lion, as well as why a lizard, rabbit, turtle, and other animals do not appear in it. Acrylic art is digitally augmented.

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Themes
Animals · Art And Creativity · Imagination · Mystery And Discovery
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Published
September 12, 2016
ISBN-13
9780823421428
Language
English
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