The Iridescence of Birds: A Book about Henri Matisse

Reviewed by: Jeri Fitzpatrick - GNGMS, Gray, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: February 11, 2015

Review

Illustration are relief prints. I liked the way the story starts," If you were a boy named Henri Matisse." The biography shows Henri experimenting with color. The back page includes an author's note with a quote from Matisse" My mother loved everything I did."

Not part of a series, but could be the start.

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

MacLachlan, Patricia

Illustrator: Hooper, Hadley

Illustration Quality: good

Publisher: Neal Porter Book/ Roaring Brook Press

Book Type: picture book nonfiction

Genre:

Audience: all ages

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9781596439481

Price: 17.99