Books by Mies van Hout
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English
review 1: Employing her characteristic exuberance of oil pastel on black paper, Van Hout creates a variety of affable monsters to illuminate verbs about the vicissitudes of friendship. In pairs, the monsters play, bore, tease, cry, fight, ignore, and, finally, cuddle under, around, and acr...
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English
review 1: A nearly wordless picture book showcasing monsters navigating friendships.Each page includes one word which describes the action of the vibrant artwork set against black pages.The monsters aren't terrifying which makes this a title that would be appropriate for preschoolers and t...
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review 1: Verbs hand lettered in white oil crayon on richly colored paper detail the life cycle beginning with a parent “yearning” for a chick. Different birds, rendered in bright oil pastel on black paper, are “caring,” “cherishing,” “teasing,” and “listening,” and, at the end, eventuall...