The Sign Painter
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780547771953 (0547771959)
Publish date: October 30th 2000
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
The best thing about this book is the last page. It's a lovely homage to Edward Hopper, and shows the famous diner, empty . I did enjoy the illustrations very much, but the text was muddy, and not particularly child-friendly, I think. I know it wouldn't have gone 3 pages before my own kid would hav...
A young man gets off a bus in a strange town and finds a job painting advertisements. But he considers himself a real artist and finds his work somewhat boring. However, he still goes ahead and paints the same ad over and over on a series of giant billboards in the desert. I'm not sure what the poin...
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