This opening illustration introduces all the necessary elements: the pair stands at the foot of the North Church with a schooner clearly visible in the harbor. Thompson then zeroes in on the perspective of Revere and ""his friend,"" the one who will signal to Revere with one lamp or two. He orients readers with a frontispiece of Revere rousing villagers as he gallops through cobblestone streets. From the stirring first line (""Listen, my children, and you shall hear/ of the midnight ride of Paul Revere""), the artist takes his cue from Longfellow's expert scene-setting. Fusing scratchboard drawings and computer technology, first-time children's book illustrator Thompson creates a series of ruggedly sleek illustrations for Longfellow's classic poem.
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