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Hana in the Time of the Tulips

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I loved Hana because I sympathize with her. My Dad is obsessed with his job and never seems to have enough time for me. I even asked him to read this book and he told me he was too busy. This story may be about tulips but it could be about any parent I know. Dr Phil should feature this book on his show. I just want to thank my teacher Ms Miller for giving me this great book to read.

In the double-wide painting on its cover, a girl stands in a field of tulips. Meeting her serene gaze, you risk losing track of a few minutes - or centuries. Inside are landscapes, portraits and sketches that, likewise, pull you into another time and place. Russian-born artist Bagram Ibatoulline infused these images with the look and feel of 17th-century Holland, the time of the Dutch Master Rembrandt van Rijn. That celebrated painter is the only "real" figure from history who appears in Noyes' story, Rembrandt is the rare adult in Hana's life who remembers friendship in the midst of the materialism that surrounds her.

Been to Holland Michigan and San Fran's PIER 39 Tulipmania Festival. Just love those bulbs. This book might be aimed at children but it's truly as beautiful as any bulb. The author does a commendable job describing The great commodity crash of 1637 through a child's eye.

I wanted to cut out all the pictures in this book and hang them on the wall of my room. I couldn't take my eyes off them. I'm not really sure of what the story was about, but I want to say it again, the pictures were beautiful

I purchased this book because I wanted to add it to my multicultural book collection. The story take place in Holland. It is a story about a child and her father. The illustraitions are breath taking. Lots of information on Von gogh and on tulips, too.

A superlative work. So beautifully illustrated, and written with great grace. That rare thing: a modern classic with an actual plot, tenderness, and context!

The beautiful illustrations are the real gem of this book. It's a wonderful story too, but the pictures are truly breath taking.