The Dam
By David Almond
Illustrators
Illustrated by Levi Pinfold
Edition
By David Almond
Hardcover edition
Publisher Candlewick Imprint Candlewick ISBN9780763695972
Awards and Honors <i>CCBC Choices</i> 2019 Choice: Picture Books for School-Age Children <br> <i>Kirkus</i> Best Books, Picture Books - 2018 <br> NYPL Best Books for Kids - 2018The Dam
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SKU
9780763695972J
Kielder Water is a wild and beautiful place, rich in folk music and legend. Years ago, before a great dam was built to fill the valley with water, there were farms and homesteads in that valley and musicians who livened their rooms with song. After the village was abandoned and before the waters rushed in, a father and daughter returned there. The girl began to play her fiddle, bringing her tune to one empty house after another — for this was the last time that music would be heard in that place. With exquisite artwork by Levi Pinfold, David Almond’s lyrical narrative — inspired by a true tale — pays homage to his friends Mike and Kathryn Tickell and all the musicians of Northumberland, to show that music is ancient and unstoppable, and that dams and lakes cannot overwhelm it.
Author’s note. Full-color illustrations done in charcoal, ink, and pastel and colored digitally.
Author’s note. Full-color illustrations done in charcoal, ink, and pastel and colored digitally.
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