Showing Hattie and the Wild Waves: A Story From Brooklyn (Picture Puffins) by Barbara Cooney
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Hattie and the Wild Waves Based on the life of the author's mother, "the daughter of an immigrant family that was industrious, affectionate, and successful. . . . An idyllic childhood . . . serves as a glamorous backdrop for Hattie's emerging determination to become an artist".--Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books. Full color.