![]() Baker's meticulous co llages, formed from natural materials, clay, fabric, and real hair, are so detailed th at they require many viewings. Varying symbolic objects on Sam's windowsill (and the cracking and p eeling of paint on the wall) add to the book's message. Words are unnecessary, as Baker's carefully rendered collage scenes explicitly detail the situation. Sam marries and moves to a new house in the country, where the final window scene shows him, holding his baby, staring at a sign announcing, "House Blocks For Sale". ![]() Develo pment becomes suburb, then city, complete with billboards, high-rises, noise pollution, litter, and overpopulation. ![]() A housing development goes up, then takes over a hill that was once green with lush growth. As Sam (the baby) grows older, the land is cleared, a road is built, then a farm. ![]() Ten double-page illustrations following show the development-during a 20-year period-of the area outside the window. Summary : Grade 1 Up- A mother, holding her newborn son, gazes out the window of his room at lush vegetation, tropical birds, a pond, a kangaroo. ![]()
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