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A beautiful book about a tenacious girl in a male household that delivers a message of acceptance, equality, and love.

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9781592702107

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A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2017 With its bold colors and vivacious lines, Courgeon's stylish, poster-like art is full of small, exquisite details that reveal poignant aspects of Paulina's story, creating a deep emotional connection with a heroine who's a fighter in more than one sense. --The New York Times The illustrations shine...with gorgeous, intricate scenes of Paulina's home life and training, thoughtful portraits of each character, and little treats such as boxing gloves arranged in a heart. ...a beautiful and unusual tale of family and strength. --Kirkus Reviews Elegant and melancholic, Courgeon's posterlike images suit the mood of a story whose subtle details (of her father, a Russian miner turned cab driver: Feather could see how tired he really was ) create an intimate connection between readers and a girl who forges her own path. --Publishers Weekly .. .this is a picture book about a girl who learns to fight and stand up for herself and who earns the respect of the men in her life. Yet to describe it thus, in hackneyed terms of female empowerment, is to overlook the gentle power and intelligence of this particular telling. Paulina's triumph is distinctive, personal and refined. Mr. Courgeon's shaggy prints (see left), meanwhile, are composed in a striking way that now and then brings to mind the work of Matisse. --Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Wall Street Journal The illustrations shine...with gorgeous, intricate scenes of Paulina's home life and training, thoughtful portraits of each character, and little treats such as boxing gloves arranged in a heart. ...a beautiful and unusual tale of family and strength. --Kirkus Reviews Elegant and melancholic, Courgeon's posterlike images suit the mood of a story whose subtle details (of her father, a Russian miner turned cab driver: Feather could see how tired he really was ) create an intimate connection between readers and a girl who forges her own path. --Publishers Weekly .. .this is a picture book about a girl who learns to fight and stand up for herself and who earns the respect of the men in her life. Yet to describe it thus, in hackneyed terms of female empowerment, is to overlook the gentle power and intelligence of this particular telling. Paulina's triumph is distinctive, personal and refined. Mr. Courgeon's shaggy prints (see left), meanwhile, are composed in a striking way that now and then brings to mind the work of Matisse. --Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Wall Street Journal

The illustrations shine...with gorgeous, intricate scenes of Paulina's home life and training, thoughtful portraits of each character, and little treats such as boxing gloves arranged in a heart. ...a beautiful and unusual tale of family and strength. -Kirkus Reviews Elegant and melancholic, Courgeon's posterlike images suit the mood of a story whose subtle details (of her father, a Russian miner turned cab driver: Feather could see how tired he really was ) create an intimate connection between readers and a girl who forges her own path. -Publishers Weekly

The illustrations shine...with gorgeous, intricate scenes of Paulina's home life and training, thoughtful portraits of each character, and little treats such as boxing gloves arranged in a heart. ...a beautiful and unusual tale of family and strength. --Kirkus Reviews Elegant and melancholic, Courgeon's posterlike images suit the mood of a story whose subtle details (of her father, a Russian miner turned cab driver: Feather could see how tired he really was ) create an intimate connection between readers and a girl who forges her own path. --Publishers Weekly .. .this is a picture book about a girl who learns to fight and stand up for herself and who earns the respect of the men in her life. Yet to describe it thus, in hackneyed terms of female empowerment, is to overlook the gentle power and intelligence of this particular telling. Paulina's triumph is distinctive, personal and refined. Mr. Courgeon's shaggy prints (see left), meanwhile, are composed in a striking way that now and then brings to mind the work of Matisse. --Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Wall Street Journal

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Rémi Courgeon was born in Choisy-le-Roi, near Paris. He is a prolific illustrator of children's books and also works in advertising and does travel sketches as well. Also a painter, he has exhibited his work in France and abroad.

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