RETURN OF THE SHADOWS

by Norma Farber ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 30, 1992

The fine poet and picture-book author (d. 1984) left this intriguing tale of shadows abandoning their owners to experiment with incongruities: camel with iceberg, skyscraper with jungle tree, bike with plane. At noon, they ""disappear[ed] entirely...without anything familiar to hide under""; lengthening, they grow bolder, but night--the ""terrible time in the no place of shadows""--sends them back to their true owners. Farber's wonderfully flesh language is echoed in Baruffi's spare, clean art--a perfect setting for these arrant wayfarers, whether boldly black or elusively dim. A delightfully imaginative variant on the theme of ""Home Sweet Home.

Pub Date: Sept. 30, 1992

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: 32

Publisher: HarperCollins

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1992

Categories: CHILDREN'S