THE FANTASTIC DRAWINGS OF DANIELLE
HoughtonMifflin 1996
Written and Illustrated by Barbara McClintock
With a click of the shutter Danielle's photographer father captures
the world he sees, the elegant fashions and winding streets of turn-or-the-century
Paris. With her paper and pen and brush, Danielle records a different
world, filled with well-dressed animals, walking fish, and brilliant
flowers growing out of the snow. When her father becomes ill, she tries
her best to enter into her father's world of prints and pictures to support
the two of them. Only then do she and her father come to realize the
true value of her vision. Captured in subtle tones and detailed line,
punctuated with splashes of imaginative color, McClintock's illustrations
enthrall readers, leading them into both the photographic and artistic
worlds of the father and daughter, leaving lingering images that are
truly hard to forget.
( Ages 4 - 8 )
*NY Times Best Illustrated Book award
*Time Magazine Best Illustrated Book award
*Starred review, Publishers Weekly
“This delicious celebration of creativity is grounded by McClintock's subtle portrait of the tiny family...Enticing... and an inspiration to young artists.” — Starred, Publishers Weekly
“Romantic in setting and sensibility, this story has the quality of a fantasy in which a girl's wishes for communion with her father and support as an artist are fulfilled. The... illustrations are beautifully done, especially the ones that show the world magically transformed in Danielle's eye.” — Kirkus
“Clearly an illustrator's picture book, this will speak to the
artist in many children.”
— Booklist