Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This book is a collection of wordy paintings, meaning the images are full of written words. Each painting asks a questions, which can be answered with the words and pictures that make up the painting, or with the readers own words.
Synopsis
This book is a collection of paintings made up of words upon words, all moving, interacting, and creating a visually stunning and wordy universe. Each page contains a question to be answered with the words that lie within. What happens when words and pictures coexist in such a way, bump into one another, are in constant conversation? How might words paint a bird, while that very bird sings the words themselves? This book invites readers to participate in a vibrant celebration of language itself.
Synopsis
"Some children's books feel like classics the first time one encounters them. It's not hard to imagine young poets embracing The Wordy Book
as warmly as new generations keep embracing The Little Prince
." ―Naomi Shihab Nye, for the
New York Times
This book is a collection of paintings made up of words upon words, all moving, interacting, and creating a visually stunning and wordy universe. Each page contains a question to be answered with the words that lie within. What happens when words and pictures coexist in such a way, bump into one another, are in constant conversation? How might words paint a bird, while that very bird sings the words themselves? This book invites readers to participate in a vibrant celebration of language itself.