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A Child of Books

by Oliver Jeffers, Sam Winston
A Child of Books

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ISBN13: 9780763690779
ISBN10: 0763690775
Condition: Standard
DustJacket: Standard

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Lovely soft, dreamy art contrasts beautifully with the chunky, beady strings and swirls of words, the precipitous mountains of words, the roiling waves of words, the monsters built of words, in this story about the ways in which our imaginations are fed on and enriched by literature. Recommended By Gigi L., Powells.com

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A little girl sails her raft across a sea of words, arriving at the house of a small boy and calling him away on an adventure. Through forests of fairy tales and across mountains of make-believe, the two travel together on a fantastical journey that unlocks the boy’s imagination. Now a lifetime of magic and adventure lies ahead of him...but who will be next? Combining elegant images by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston’s typographical landscapes shaped from excerpts of children’s classics and lullabies, A Child of Books is a stunning prose poem on the rewards of reading and sharing stories—an immersive and unforgettable reading experience that readers will want to pass on to others.

New York Times best-selling author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers and fine artist Sam Winston deliver a lyrical picture book inspiring readers of all ages to create, to question, to explore, and to imagine.

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"Jeffers and Winston's mixed-media artwork, an inventive combination of watercolor, pencil, and digital collage, elicits strong notice from readers. Jeffers' uneven, hand-lettered text contrasts dramatically with Winston's digitally manipulated lines of classic prose...An ingenious, confident, and pretty cool exploration of literary delight." Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

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"[A] fresh and fascinating collaboration between two gifted masters." The New York Times Book Review

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"Jeffers and Winston’s first collaboration is a celebration of the child’s world, illustrated in sumptuous double-page spreads featuring explosions of images borrowed from unforgettable sources...Every one of its elements—the haunting prose poem executed in hand- lettered words; the pictures done in watercolor, pencil, and digital collage; and the objects built from words borrowed from classic stories—all work together toward a richly harmonious whole. An irresistible invitation to read." Booklist (Starred Review)

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"Jeffers and typographic artist Winton collaborate on a hymn to the power of imagination, in which witty pen-and-ink drawings meet manipulated blocks of type, composed of passages from children’s classics...the energy of the images bursts from the pages, 'for imagination is free.'" Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Oliver Jeffers is the author-illustrator of many books for children, including Once Upon an Alphabet, which won a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and Lost and Found, which was a Nestlé Children’s Book Prize Gold Medal winner. He is also the illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Day the Crayons Quit and its follow-up, The Day the Crayons Came Home, both written by Drew Daywalt. Oliver Jeffers lives in Brooklyn.

Sam Winston is a fine artist whose work has been featured in many special collections worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, the Tate Galleries in London, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He works and lives in London.

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ISBN:
9780763690779
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication date:
09/06/2016
Publisher:
CANDLEWICK PRESS
Pages:
40
Height:
.50IN
Width:
10.00IN
Age Range:
4 to 8
Grade Range:
P to 3
Illustration:
Yes
Author:
Oliver Jeffers
Illustrator:
Oliver Jeffers
Author:
Sam Winston
Illustrator:
Sam Winston
Media Run Time:
B

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