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THE FANTASTIC JUNGLES OF HENRI ROUSSEAU (2012; $17), Mickelle Markel (Author) Amanda Hall (Illustrator). Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.
Did you know that eminent painter Henri Rousseau was self-taught from the age of 40? He studied photographs, illustrations and paintings in the Louvre. His fantasies of other lands were inspired by the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889 (the World's Fair). His devotion to nature led him to...