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Black and white
    Macaulay, David.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin,
Pub date: 1990.
Pages: [32] p. :
ISBN: 0395521513
Item info: 26 copies checked in at Warren - Arthur Miller Branch, Armada Free Public Library, Chesterfield Township Library, Center Line Public Library, Eastpointe Memorial Library, Fraser Public Library, Harper Woods Public Library, Lenox Township Library, Lois Wagner Memorial Library, Mt. Clemens Public Library, MacDonald Public Library, Shelby Township Library, St. Clair Shores Public Library, Sterling Heights Public Library, Utica Public Library, Warren - Dorothy Busch Branch, and Warren - Civic Center Branch.
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E MACA 1 Book-21 day loan Juvenile
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JE MACAULAY 1 Book-21 day loan Juvenile
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ILLUS MACAULAY 1 Book-21 day loan Youth Services
ILLUS MACAULAY 1 Book-21 day loan Youth Services
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PICTURE BOOK M 1 Book - Juvenile Juvenile
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JE MACAULAY 1 Book-21 day loan Juvenile
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E MACAULAY 1 Book-21 day loan Juvenile
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RJFIC MACAULAY AWARD COLLECTION 1 Reference Youth Services
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Summary
Four stories are told simultaneously, with each double-page spread divided into quadrants. The stories do not necessarily take place at the same moment in time, but are they really one story? Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
Publishers Weekly Review
At first glance, this is a collection of four unrelated stories, each occupying a quarter of every two-page spread, and each a slight enough tale to seem barely worth a book--a boy on a train, parents in a funny mood, a convict's escape and a late commuter train. The magic of Black and White comes not from each story, however, but from the mysterious interactions between them that creates a fifth story. Several motifs linking the tales are immediately apparent, such as trains--real and toy--and newspapers. A second or third reading reveals suggestions of the title theme: Holstein cows, prison uniform stripes. Eventually, the stories begin to merge into a surrealistic tale spanning several levels of reality, e.g.: Are characters in one story traveling on the toy train in another? Answers are never provided--this is not a mystery or puzzle book. Instead, Black and White challenges the reader to use text and pictures in unexpected ways. Although the novelty will wear off quickly for adults, no other writer for adults or children explores this unusual territory the way Macaulay does. All ages. Copyright 1990 Cahners Business Information, Inc. From: Reed Elsevier Inc. Copyright Reed Business Information

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Personal Author Macaulay, David.
Title Black and white / David Macaulay.
Publication info Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
Physical descrip [32] p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Contents Seeing things -- Problem parents -- A waiting game -- Udder chaos.
Summary Four brief "stories" about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story? The author recommends careful inspection of words and pictures to both minimize and enhance confusion.
Subject term Literary recreations.
Subject term Literary recreations--Juvenile fiction.
Subject term Puzzles--Juvenile fiction.
Subject term Riddles--Juvenile fiction.
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