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With its every detail--its masterful illustrations, its landscape format, and the elegant text that offers readers a way to see the promise of new life from what has been destroyed--this book triumphs. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) With riveting language and moody art, this true story will evoke awe and reverence of place for even very young readers. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) Pinfold's mixed-media illustrations make the abstract concrete in carefully designed spreads that vary between small, tidily arrayed thumbnails and three-quarter and full spreads...An afterword explains that this is based on the real-life experience of folk musician Mike Tickell and his daughter, and it might be effective to draw on that text as explanation before sharing the story with youngsters to make the most of the story's emotional impact. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Pinfold's impressive artwork, sometimes full page, but often blocks of scenes covering spreads, serves as sturdy counterpoint to Almond's lyrical text. Particularly arresting are the 10 dark squares and rectangles that show the water covering all that's been before. Yet the promise of what comes next appears with the turn of a page, as people enjoy all the lake and its shore have to offer. A powerful piece of remembrance. --Booklist This hints at a ghostly tale that could make nice material for oral storytelling and shared reading with some older children. It might also be fun to use in music, natural science, and local history classes. --School Library Journal Perhaps the most extraordinarily lovely and melancholy picture book published this year, The Dam will linger in readers' minds. But what sticks with you after the book is closed is not desolation and defeat; it's blue water and open skies, exuberant children, dancing stars and, of course, music. --BookPage

With its every detail--its masterful illustrations, its landscape format, and the elegant text that offers readers a way to see the promise of new life from what has been destroyed--this book triumphs. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) With riveting language and moody art, this true story will evoke awe and reverence of place for even very young readers. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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David Almond has received several major awards, including a Hans Christian Andersen Award, a Carnegie Medal, and a Michael L. Printz Award. He is known worldwide as the author of Skellig, Clay, and many other novels and stories, including The Tale of Angelino Brown, illustrated by Alex T. Smith, and The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers. David Almond lives in northern England. Levi Pinfold has won numerous awards for his picture books, which include The Django, Greenling, and Black Dog, winner of a Kate Greenaway Medal and a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor. He lives in Queensland, Australia.

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