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3 unusual facts about Blue Balliett


A Lady Writing a Letter

In Blue Balliett's children's book, Chasing Vermeer, A Lady Writing is stolen on its way from the National Gallery of Art to Chicago, causing the main conflict of the story.

Blue Balliett

Illustrated by Brett Helquist, it concerns the fictitious theft of a painting by 17th-century Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer.

Robie House

In Blue Balliett's book, The Wright 3, the Robie house is the main part of the story.



see also

Lo!

Lo! is used extensively in Blue Balliett's book, Chasing Vermeer.