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      Salt Hands

      by Jane Chelsea Aragon
      Published
      Oct 1989
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      24
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      In understated, simple language, a girl tells about waking up in the middle of the night and hearing ``something outside / like a rustle / or a breath.'' She sees ``a deer under the pear tree. / The moon casts a shadow of his antlers on the ground.'' The girl sprinkles salt into her hands and waits patiently and quietly for the deer to trust her. She sings softly and holds out her hands. Cautiously, the deer licks the salt and ``walks off into the night.'' While the poem is not rich in metaphor, its tone is appropriately hushed and respectful of the unique moment when human and animal touch. Rand's moon-washed watercolors suggest the girl's breathless anticipation and the deer's wary calm as the two meet under the golden pear tree. Ages 4-7. (Sept.)

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      General Fiction

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Picture Books

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      Jan 1994 Puffin ISBN13 9780140503210 ISBN10 0140503218
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      First Edition Oct 1989 Dutton ISBN13 9780525444893 ISBN10 0525444890
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