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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Often mimicking Fujikawa’s style, Morstad layers engaging details and deep emotional resonance onto Maclear’s spare, poetic text…A splendid picture-book celebration of an artist and activist.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Spare, elegant spreads and graceful prose…Maclear and Morstad’s biography conveys with quiet power how recently segregation reached into every aspect of American life, and how one woman did her part to defeat it.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Many illustrations recall the elegance and simplicity of Fujikawa’s own work… This exemplary biography of a pioneer in multicultural children’s books deserves a place in most collections.” — School Library Journal (starred review) “Written and illustrated with clean, spare lines, the book reveals emotions in an understated manner…This beautiful biography offers a fitting tribute to an artist with a lasting legacy in American picture books.” — Booklist (starred review) “It Began with a Page... tells [Gyo Fujikawa’s] story beautifully, in picture-book form.” — The New Yorker “A breathtakingly beautiful tribute to a woman who deserves much wider recognition. Morstad is the perfect interpreter for both Fujikawa’s life and art–both share a profound sensitivity to the inner lives of children. It Began with a Page is playful, bold and, much like its subject, full of grace.” — Jillian Tamaki, Caldecott Honor winner for This One Summer “Julie Morstad has so effortlessly captured the essence of Gyo Fujikawa’s art with a fresh and contemporary twist.” — Salina Yoon, creator of the Penguin picture book series “In spare lyrical text, Kyo Maclear tells the story of Japanese-American children’s author and illustrator Gyo Fujikawa…Julie Morstad’s illustrations are a confident mix of color and black-and-white images in dynamic compositions…Her sweet and stylish babies on the final pages capture the spirit of Gyo’s originals.” — New York Times Book Review
