Tuttle's Red Barn
...a flawless work. --Kirkus, starred reviewPublishers Weekly 10 Best Children's Book 2007 Michelson (Too Young for Yiddish) and Caldecott Medalist Azarian (Snowflake Bentley) salute 12 generations of Tuttles from Dover, N.H., operators of the longest continuously running family farm in the country. Azarian s hand-crafted aesthetic enhances the story s warmth and humanity, while the sophisticated tints and bold outlines intensify the unalloyed beauty, reassuring rhythms and beguiling fecundity of rural farm life. --Publishers Weekly-starred review...For the children who read this story, Grayson's pride in his heritage may reflect or encourage their own. Where does our family come from? How long have we lived in this place? What are our family treasures? What do we value? It may lead them to a sense of identity...This is a simple story, but not so simple to tell. How does a writer cover 400 years of history and 12 generations in 32 pages? I'm telling you, it takes a poet. Michelson is, in fact, an award-winning poet. ..who knows a thing or two about moving readers with words..."Tuttle's Red Barn" tells the history of a family, a place and a nation. It's a tour de force. That's French for wicked good book. ---Rebecca Rule -The Heart of new England-