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Oct 11, 2016 Betsy rated it information technology was amazing

I'chiliad going to have a hard time of it when my kids grow up. When I had them I swore upward, downward and sideways that I wouldn't turn into the kind of blogger that declares that a book is skillful or bad, based solely on the whims of my impertinent offspring. For the most part, I've kept that promise. I review moving picture books outside of their influence, though I'yard ever interested in their opinions. Indeed, these opinions, and the sharp eyes that inform them, are sometimes non what I'd expect at all. And so while I'yard going to have a difficult fourth dimension of it when my kids grow up. When I had them I swore up, down and sideways that I wouldn't plow into the kind of blogger that declares that a volume is good or bad, based solely on the whims of my impertinent offspring. For the nigh function, I've kept that promise. I review moving-picture show books outside of their influence, though I'm always interested in their opinions. Indeed, these opinions, and the abrupt eyes that inform them, are sometimes not what I'd expect at all. Then while I've never changed my opinion from liking a book to not liking it only because it didn't suit my ain particular kids' tastes, I accept admittedly institute a new appreciation for other books when the children were able to spot things that I did non. What Color Is the Wind? is a pretty good case of this. I read the book at piece of work, liked it fine, and brought information technology habitation for a possible review. My daughter and then picked information technology upward and proceeded to pretty much school me on what it independent, front to stop. Had I noticed the Braille on the embrace? No. Did I encounter that the master character's eyes are closed the whole time? No. How about the tactile pages? Did you detect that you can feel almost all of them? No. For a book that may look to some readers as likewise elegant and sophisticated to count as a favored bedtime story, recall again. In this book Anne Herbauts proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that a singled-out European style is engaging to American children when their parents give it half a adventure. Particularly when tactile elements are involved.

"We can't see the wind, / we hear what it brings. / We can't hear the wind, / we see what it brings." The book begins with a question. A boy, his optics closed, walks behind the cutout of a house. "What color is the current of air? asks the little giant." Equally he walks forth, various plants, birds, animals, and inanimate objects offer answers. A wolf says the air current's colour is "the night smell of the forest" while a window disagrees and says it's "the color of time." Everything that answers the little giant has a different feel on the page. The stream feels similar consecutive ripples emanating from a dropped pebble, the roots of an apple tree tree like long, sparse rivulets. At concluding the piddling behemothic encounters something that he senses is enormous. He asks his question and an enormous giant replies, "It is everything at once. This whole book." He flips the volume's pages with his thumb so that they wing, and yous the reader do the same, feeling the air current the book is capable of producing with its thick, lustrous pages. The colour of the wind. The wind of this book.

The Kirkus review journal said that this book was, " 'The blind men and the elephant' reworked into a Zen koan" and so proceeded to recommend information technology for ix-11 twelvemonth-olds and adults. I'grand fairly certain I disagree with almost every part of that. Now here's the funny role. I didn't read this review before I read the volume. I also didn't read the press release that was sent to me with it. When I read a book I like to be surprised by it in some way. This is ordinarily a good thing, but once in a while I can be a flake dumbo and miss the bigger picture. Every bit I mentioned earlier, I completely missed the fact that this book was an reply to a blind child who had asked Anne Herbauts the titular question. I just idea information technology was cool that the book was so much fun to touch. Embossing, debossing, dice-cuts, lamination, and all kinds of surfaces give the volume the elements that make it really pop. As I read it in the lunchroom at work, my co-workers would peer over my shoulders to coo at what they saw. All well and adept, but would a kid be interested besides? Kirkus says they'd have to be at to the lowest degree nine to grasp its subtleties.

Patently my v-yr-old girl likes the book just she'due south just one kid. She is not a representative for her species (and so to speak). That said, this book just drills domicile the reward that physical books accept over their electronic counterparts: the sensation of touch. Play with a screen all day if y'all like, but you lot will never exist able to move your fingers over these raised dots of pelting or the rough bawl of a tree's trunk. Equally children get more immersed in the electronic, they become more enamored of tactile books. The sensation of paper on skin has yet to be replicated by our smoothen as silk screens. And this will show true with kids on the younger end of the calibration. I'll hold with Kirkus virtually the adult designation, though. When I worked for New York Public Library there was a group of special needs adults that would come up in that were in demand of tactile picture books. We would exist asked if we had any on hand that we could hand over to them in some way. There were a few, simply our holdings were pretty limited (though I exercise remember a particularly keen tactile version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar that proved to be a big hit). Those kids would take loved this volume, simply children of all ages, and all abilities, would feel the same mode nearly information technology. Kids are never too old for tactile picture books. Equally such, you could apply this book with Kindergartners besides as fifth graders. Little kids will like the fun pictures. Older kids may be inspired by the words also.

"Mom," said my girl equally we went downwards the stairs for her post-reading, pre-brushing, dark snack. "Mom, you know the wind doesn't take a color, right?" My child is a flake of a literalist. She'south the child who knew early on that magic wasn't real and once told me at the age of three that, "If 'please' is a magic discussion, it doesn't exist." And so to read an entire book, based on the premise of seeing a colour that couldn't possibly be real, was a stretch for her. Recollect, we read this entire book without really catching on that the little giant was blind. I countered that information technology was poesy, really. Colors were but as much about what they looked like as what they felt like. I asked her what blue made her feel, and red. So I applied that to the emotions nosotros feel about with the wind, which wasn't actually an analogy that held much h2o, merely she was game to hear me out. "It's verse", I said once again. "Words that make yous experience something when you read them." And then, every bit she had her snack, she had me read her some verse. We've been reading verse with her snack every night since. So for all that the book could be seen to be a straightforward picture show volume, to me it's as much an introduction to poesy as annihilation else.

Equally for the art, I'll acknowledge that the combination of the style of fine art, the epitome on the comprehend, and the fact that the book is softcover and not hardcover (a toll-saving measure for what must exist a very expensive title for Enchanted Lion Books to publish) did not immediately entreatment to me. At that place's no note to explain what the medium is and if I were to judge I'd say we were looking at crayons, mixed media, thick paints, colored pencils, ink blots, pen-and-inks, and more than. Ironically, I really began to gravitate to the fine art when the little giant wasn't stealing my focus. Goose egg is intricately detailed, except perhaps the anatomy of honeybees or the raised and bumpy parts of the book. At the same fourth dimension, for a book that celebrates bear upon, verse, and physical sensation, the colors are frequently brilliant and lush. Whether it'due south the blue watercolors of rain over trees or the hot orangish that emanates from the page like a sun, Herbauts is simultaneously rendering illustrations obsolete with the unique format of What Color is the Wind? and celebrating their visual extremes.

I tend to give positive reviews to books that exceed my expectations. That'southward merely the nature of my occupation. And while I do believe that there are elements to this book that could exist clearer or that there must have been a book jacket choice they could have chosen that was more appealing than the one you encounter here, otherwise I recollect this trivial book is a bit of a wonder. Deeply appealing to children of all ages, to say nothing of the adults out there, with so many uses, and so many applications. It reminds me of the former movie books by Bruno Munari that weren't afraid to attempt new things with the motion picture volume format. To get a trivial crazy. I don't think we'll of a sudden see a big tactile picture book craze sweep the nation or annihilation, simply maybe this book volition inspire but one other publisher to endeavour something a niggling dissimilar and to take a chance. Could be worth it. There'south nothing else like this book out there today. More's the pity.

For ages 5 and up.

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A lovely and unique moving picture volume I found out virtually from Maria Popova's Brainpickings blog on twitter. In a mode, it is pretty ordinary in suggesting that nosotros pay attending to how differently we all experience the globe, but this is a multi-sensory volume, with braille, with different textures and cutouts throughout. The format is very sophisticated, one I invited my eye school kids to take a look at, and it is challenging fifty-fifty for them. It'due south not comfortable predictable, from folio to folio; at that place a A lovely and unique film book I found out nearly from Maria Popova's Brainpickings blog on twitter. In a fashion, it is pretty ordinary in suggesting that nosotros pay attention to how differently we all experience the earth, but this is a multi-sensory volume, with braille, with different textures and cutouts throughout. The format is very sophisticated, ane I invited my middle school kids to take a look at, and information technology is challenging even for them. It'due south non comfortable anticipated, from page to page; at that place are very dissimilar styles, quick sketching, watercolors, painting, dumbo pages, spare pages.

A blind kid asks what color the wind is. He gets different answers from those he asks. The wolf says the wind is "the dark smell of the forest." The bees say the wind is "the color of sunshine." The rain says nothing! Merely the bees say "the color of sunshine." At the stop the child reaches a giant who says that the wind is the colour of all of these things.

It reminded me a bit of The Black Book of Colors, too nearly thinking what a blind child experiences; my review here:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Here, look at it, even for 30 seconds and encounter some of it and see what I mean (and even read a total review from Popova:

https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/10...

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November 10, 2016 Tasha rated it it was amazing

A child who is blind walks through the world request what colour the wind is. He gets very different answers from those he asks. The wolf says the wind is "the night odor of the forest." For the bees, the wind is "the color of sunshine." The apple tree sees the wind equally "a sugary colour" while its roots view it as "the color of sap and pomegranates." By the end of the book, the child reaches a giant who says that the wind is the colour of all of these things. Then readers are encouraged to flip the p A child who is blind walks through the world asking what color the wind is. He gets very different answers from those he asks. The wolf says the wind is "the night smell of the woods." For the bees, the wind is "the color of sunshine." The apple tree tree sees the air current equally "a sugary colour" while its roots view it equally "the color of sap and pomegranates." Past the end of the book, the kid reaches a giant who says that the wind is the color of all of these things. Then readers are encouraged to flip the pages of the volume, creating a rainbow of colors along the style and a breeze of air current besides.

Herbauts' volume is exceptional. She has created a book filled with the senses. She incorporates touch into her illustrations, sense of taste and aroma are in many of the colors of the wind, and throughout there is a feel for the lack of vision and the increased vitality of the other senses. The imagery she matches with each character's point of view is spot on. It's washed in a lush and lovely way that makes the experience of reading information technology intense and fascinating.

The illustrations have raised ridges in places that can be felt by the fingertips. They likewise have gloss on them to bring some of the tactile features out visually besides. Others are almost subconscious until you lot run your fingers along them. The pages are filled with colors and playfulness with the kid's blackness boots walking forth from page to page and other pages covered in raindrops or laundry.

Immensely beautiful, lush and wondrous, this motion-picture show book is a feast for all of the senses. Appropriate for ages iii-v.

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Mar 09, 2017 Zoe rated it it was amazing

This book is actually surprising and special. It seems very simple - a modest child asking different objects and animals almost the colour of the air current - just the impact is disproportionately powerful. The pages are tactile, likewise as beautifully painted. Their textures aren't always obvious - it takes a while to investigate them via touch, and at the end the volume you just need to inhale it - I don't quite want to explain what I mean by that. There's something mysterious about the little giant meetin This volume is really surprising and special. Information technology seems very simple - a pocket-size child asking dissimilar objects and animals near the colour of the wind - but the impact is disproportionately powerful. The pages are tactile, as well as beautifully painted. Their textures aren't always obvious - information technology takes a while to investigate them via touch, and at the end the book you just demand to inhale information technology - I don't quite want to explain what I hateful past that. There'south something mysterious about the trivial giant meeting the big giant - information technology sounds like a kid meeting an adult, just it feels like something bigger and much stranger than that. It'southward non frequently a picturebook makes me this emotional after just the first coincidental glance - merely "What Colour is the Wind?" is a rather unusual volume.

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Oh, I simply realised the little boy is blind.
And that the translator should exist noted, of course - Claudia Zoe Bedrick.

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Dec 15, 2016 Rebecca rated it it was amazing

My "something dissimilar" shelf is for when a picture book strikes me equally truly unique from anything I've seen before. This book takes the tactile illustrations I saw in The Black Book of Colors and makes them even more than multimedia, enjoyable by blind and sighted readers alike. When the niggling giant, who cannot see, asks, "What color is the wind?" he receives many different answers. Use your fingers to appreciate this book'southward die-cutting shapes, spot varnish texture, and thick ridged paper. Use your centre My "something unlike" shelf is for when a pic book strikes me as truly unique from anything I've seen earlier. This volume takes the tactile illustrations I saw in The Black Book of Colors and makes them even more multimedia, enjoyable by blind and sighted readers akin. When the little giant, who cannot meet, asks, "What color is the wind?" he receives many dissimilar answers. Use your fingers to appreciate this book's die-cut shapes, spot varnish texture, and thick ridged newspaper. Use your eyes to appreciate the visual imagery, and your heed to notice the poetic language. The cease is truly magical. ...more than

Feb xx, 2019 Amanda B. rated it really liked information technology

What Color is the Wind? Is a book about a blind kid making his manner through nature trying to solve the mystery of the colour of the wind. He approaches various creatures and country features to ask his question and the responses he receives are as various as the objects and animals he asks. This beautifully illustrated volume, recommended by the Children's Book Council Diversity Committee, teaches children well-nigh the nature of perspective and the importance of trying to sympathize the point of view of What Color is the Wind? Is a book most a blind child making his fashion through nature trying to solve the mystery of the color of the current of air. He approaches various creatures and country features to ask his question and the responses he receives are as diverse as the objects and animals he asks. This beautifully illustrated book, recommended by the Children's Book Council Diversity Committee, teaches children about the nature of perspective and the importance of trying to understand the point of view of others. Each of the pages is a sensory commemoration with different textures, cutouts or braille, which allows the reader or audience to explore the story through touch, as well every bit through vision and hearing. What Colour is the Air current? Would be useful for early readers considering of the engaging and rich visual/tactile experience. The repetitive and predictive phraseology brand the content easy for children to echo or speak forth with the reader. I would recommend this book for a classroom in which there are students with disabilities, as the main graphic symbol is visually impaired, just actually, the theme of the story is incredibly versatile and could be used equally a way to highlight a broad range of of import topics for pro-social development. One example may include blindfolding children and having them describe an object they can feel just not see and compare their results equally a easily-on method to reinforce the concept of individual perspective. ...more than

Oct 05, 2017 Abigail rated it it was astonishing

This story follows a little behemothic male child, who I believed to be blind. He asks 'what colour is the wind?' and what follows is truly scenic.

This picture show volume was an experience. I was lucky enough to have this read to me by another pupil instructor which meant I was totally immersed in the story. My artillery seemed to act of their own accordance equally my hands reached out to affect the pages, wanting to explore the textures.

Its a beautiful story which is accompanied by even amend pictures. I'd say its fanta

This story follows a little giant boy, who I believed to be bullheaded. He asks 'what color is the air current?' and what follows is truly breathtaking.

This moving picture book was an experience. I was lucky enough to take this read to me by another student instructor which meant I was totally immersed in the story. My arms seemed to deed of their own accord every bit my hands reached out to touch the pages, wanting to explore the textures.

Its a beautiful story which is accompanied by even meliorate pictures. I'd say its fantastic for immature children due to the sensory attribute (and fabulously thick, tear-resistant pages!) but also a good way of introducing children to inclusion topics and building empathy.

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Mar 08, 2017 Tara rated it really liked it

A bullheaded boy asks what color is the current of air. The artwork is the star of this volume.

Jul 17, 2016 Mary Lee rated it it was amazing

This is an astonishing book. It will pair well with The Blackness Volume of Colors.

"Created through embossing, debossing, dice-cuts, lamination, and a variety of surfaces, What Color is the Current of air? provides the reader with an immersive experience of thought, feeling, and reading."

This is an amazing book. It will pair well with The Black Book of Colors.

"Created through embossing, debossing, die-cuts, lamination, and a diversity of surfaces, What Color is the Wind? provides the reader with an immersive feel of thought, feeling, and reading."

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Jul 22, 2017 Molly rated information technology did non like it

A niggling besides out at that place in the artsy side of things. This felt more than like an art project than a children'due south volume. A footling too out there in the artsy side of things. This felt more like an art projection than a children's book. ...more than

Mar xxx, 2018 Justin rated information technology it was astonishing

This book is built around the premise that sometimes when we want to ascertain something that is abstruse, we can't e'er find just one definition that gives us a true understanding. Instead, sometimes it's an feel or the journey to empathise the abstract that gives u.s.a. a better thought of what it is.

The child in this volume is wanting to know the color of the wind. He travels around asking dissimilar people and objects what color is the current of air. Of course, in that location'southward a different answer from each person

This book is built around the premise that sometimes when nosotros want to ascertain something that is abstruse, nosotros can't always observe merely 1 definition that gives us a true understanding. Instead, sometimes it'south an experience or the journey to sympathise the abstract that gives united states of america a better thought of what information technology is.

The child in this book is wanting to know the color of the wind. He travels around asking unlike people and objects what colour is the air current. Of course, at that place'due south a different respond from each person he asks. This frustrates him until an adult explains to him that the air current can be all these colors; that the sum of all these colors IS the color of the current of air.

Children tend to run across the world as very binary. I think this book is a good claiming for a child'southward way of thinking in that it gets to see that many things in life are complicated and have many nuances. Sometimes the sum of its parts is what defines something.

I also call back this is a great book for adolescents and adults in that it reminds them/us that even when nosotros think nosotros've figured out a concept like love and acceptance, there may be more than to learn and mayhap what we understand at present isn't the "true" understanding.

Forth with the great message, in that location'south cute artwork that is fun to appreciate while you're reading the book.

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This book is built around the premise that sometimes when we want to define something that is abstruse, we tin can't always find only one definition that gives us a true understanding. Instead, sometimes it's an experience or the journey to understand the abstract that gives us a better idea of what it is.

The child in this book is wanting to know the color of the wind. He travels around request dissimilar people and objects what color is the wind. Of course, there'south a unlike respond from each person

This volume is built effectually the premise that sometimes when we want to define something that is abstract, we can't e'er discover just i definition that gives us a true agreement. Instead, sometimes it'south an experience or the journeying to sympathize the abstruse that gives the states a amend idea of what information technology is.

The child in this volume is wanting to know the color of the air current. He travels around asking unlike people and objects what color is the wind. Of course, there'due south a dissimilar reply from each person he asks. This frustrates him until an developed explains to him that the air current tin can be all these colors; that the sum of all these colors IS the color of the wind.

Children tend to see the world equally very binary. I call back this book is a expert challenge for a kid'due south way of thinking in that it gets to run across that many things in life are complicated and have many nuances. Sometimes the sum of its parts is what defines something.

I also think this is a groovy volume for adolescents and adults in that information technology reminds them/us that fifty-fifty when we think we've figured out a concept like dear and acceptance, at that place may be more to learn and maybe what we empathise now isn't the "true" agreement.

Forth with the bang-up bulletin, there's cute artwork that is fun to appreciate while you're reading the book.

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This story follows the journey of a blind kid request different people and things what colour the wind is. They all give varying answers and by the end the reader realizes that everyone's estimation is different and that in the terminate nosotros are all correct. Anybody knows every bit much about the color of the wind; the answer lies within the person answering the question. This is past far one of the coolest books I take e'er read from the colorful and lively illustrations to the tactile chemical element of the p This story follows the journey of a bullheaded kid asking dissimilar people and things what color the wind is. They all requite varying answers and by the terminate the reader realizes that everyone'due south interpretation is dissimilar and that in the stop we are all right. Anybody knows as much almost the color of the wind; the respond lies within the person answering the question. This is by far one of the coolest books I have ever read from the colorful and lively illustrations to the tactile element of the pages. I love this volume because interpretation of the meaning and the message could be then many different things and its engaging and interactive for all ages. ...more than

May 13, 2017 Teresa rated information technology it was amazing

Anne Herbauts was inspired by the title of this volume when one solar day a bullheaded kid asked a grownup, "What colour is the current of air?" Her story begins when a niggling giant asks the same question. Each folio responds differently and is full of art that offers a wonderful diversity of texture and perspectives. The text is gentle, thoughtful, and poetic, appealing to both young and mature audiences. It's beautiful. Anne Herbauts was inspired by the title of this book when one day a bullheaded child asked a grownup, "What color is the wind?" Her story begins when a fiddling giant asks the aforementioned question. Each page responds differently and is total of fine art that offers a wonderful diverseness of texture and perspectives. The text is gentle, thoughtful, and poetic, appealing to both young and mature audiences. It's beautiful. ...more

Jun 18, 2018 K rated information technology really liked it

This volume was and then novel to me. I enjoyed the dissimilar textures pressed into the pages, evoking the dog differently from the wolf, the elephant pare, the raindrops, and so on.

My fingertips were tingling a long fourth dimension after I finished. The book really activated my senses.

May 30, 2019 C rated it liked it

Is this truly a children's volume? It is beautiful and poetic just a bit out there for kids. Older kids.might enjoy it tied to lessons on verse or visual mediums but I'd exist surprised if any kids are request for information technology at bedtime. Is this truly a children's book? It is beautiful and poetic simply a chip out there for kids. Older kids.might enjoy information technology tied to lessons on poetry or visual mediums but I'd be surprised if any kids are asking for information technology at bedtime. ...more

Dec 18, 2019 Bo rated it it was astonishing

Grandma's review: An adult volume disguised as a children'due south book. Poetic. Lovely illustrations. Sweet message. 5 star.
Almost 5-year-sometime's review: "I don't like it" until he noticed the textures on each page. So he was engaged. iii.5 star. Grandma's review: An developed book disguised every bit a children's book. Poetic. Lovely illustrations. Sweet message. 5 star.
Almost v-year-erstwhile'southward review: "I don't like it" until he noticed the textures on each page. Then he was engaged. iii.v star. ...more than

Aug 05, 2017 Antonietta rated it it was amazing

Amazing book that combines color-learning with sensory activities.

Feb 17, 2017 Monica rated it it was amazing

beautiful images and so many sides and views gives promise

Feb 13, 2017 Vicki rated it liked it

This book is very textural and would be best shared one on i so a younger listener could feel the pictures.

ages three-6

This volume is full of abstract illustrations and textures pages. It would be perfect for a sensory child. A little behemothic seeks to find out the color of the air current. Everyone/everything he asks has a different reply. The conclusion is that the color of wind is everything in the book.

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ages 3-6

This book is full of abstract illustrations and textures pages. It would be perfect for a sensory child. A petty behemothic seeks to find out the color of the wind. Anybody/everything he asks has a different answer. The conclusion is that the color of wind is everything in the volume.

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Feb 04, 2017 Jen rated information technology really liked information technology

What a tremendous sensory experience to read this book! My gifts of sight and bear on played together to evoke how I might brainstorm to answer the question of the air current's color. What a tremendous sensory experience to read this volume! My gifts of sight and affect played together to evoke how I might begin to answer the question of the wind's colour. ...more than

December fourteen, 2016 Debbie rated it information technology was amazing

A giant wants to learn the color of the wind so he travels effectually asking animals and plants what color is the wind. The book is a delight with wonderful illustrations that are not merely colorful, merely involve a tactile element also.

I honey the tactile experience of this one since it offers glossy, raised portions of flat, matte spreads.
As for the text, one could say that the question posed is open to a number of interpretations.

Jan 15, 2017 Jessie rated it liked it

Actually beautiful book, and it'south besides of import to touch the pages and experience the different textures.

There's a lot to observe here and recall almost -- why each part of nature thinks the wind is the color they respond.

Really cute book, and it'south also important to touch the pages and feel the dissimilar textures.

There'due south a lot to find hither and call up well-nigh -- why each function of nature thinks the wind is the color they answer.

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Mar 20, 2017 Robin rated it it was astonishing

Very sensory (cutouts, textures, shapes) presentation --
an altogether astonishing book!!
-Anne Herbauts is from Brussels-
copyright 2016 by Claudia Bedrick for the English language language translation (from the French); copyright 2011 by Casterman - originally published in French republic in 2011

Cybils nominee for All-time Fiction Movie Book 2o16.

The highlight of this book is the illustrations, which have texture. I think my favorite is the rain folio.

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