From “the SUN and its SHINE/when it asks you to rise,” to “your TOOTH/when it wiggles and waggles/but isn’t all the way in/or all the way out,” to “a SNAIL and her HOME and the road she has traveled,” to the perfect ending note, readers will be treated to moments of triumph and moments tinged with melancholy, moments grounded in reality and moments of fantasy, moments concrete and moments abstract. Moments that truly are big and small and in-between. And everything. All are worthy springboards for thought and contemplation, and/or for simple, quiet enjoyment.
The graceful prose is perfectly matched with elegant graphite, gouache, and digitally collaged art. Also of note is the quality and adventurous nature of the bookmaking by Chronicle which allows this premise to soar, from its smallish, intimate size and many pages, to the interactive paper elements that begin the first three sections, to the glorious gatefold at the end.
Kids—and wise adults—will truly enjoy the worlds this book opens up to them as they read and reread and reread…
--Lynn
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