![]() ![]() Although the theme here is certainly beyond the grasp of younger readers, this is an unusual, well-crafted story. Ackerman ( Song and Dance Man ) is at her poetic best here, offering such lyrical images as: ``Mothers and fathers sit close and talk so softly that words lose their crisp edges, forming sounds as even and peaceful as bedtime prayers.'' In a striking picture book debut, Ray's unusually warm illustrations, frequently resembling woodcuts, have a timeless feel that helps soften a potentially unsettling subject. Love keeps the villagers safe, and with the coming of the morning light, the banshee disappears. Song and Dance Man: Ackerman, Karen, Gammell, Stephen: 9780394993300: : Books Books Children's Books Arts, Music & Photography Buy new: 8.99 List Price: 17.99 Details Save: 9.00 (50) 3.99 delivery March 21 - 28. Readers follow her as she peers in one window after another, but there are no desolate folk in these cozy cottages-just families bound together by tenderness and caring. In the evening, ``when Darkness has left no place for Light to hide,'' a banshee drifts through a small village, searching for a lonely soul to keep her company. ![]()
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