 | Thank you, everything Author: Icinori (Publishing Studio) | |
| Price: $22.46 | ||
Summary:
What starts as a series of "thank yous" addressed to common objects that inhabit our daily lives gradually builds into a fantastic journey across landscapes, seasons, and inner discoveries.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (09/01/24)
Booklist (+) (11/01/24)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 11/01/2024 *Starred Review* What starts out feeling like a mature version of Goodnight Moon, with objects being thanked rather than told goodnight, quickly transforms into a mysterious, sprawling adventure. Beginning at the most basic level, color-separated images that thank yellow, red, and blue demonstrate how the colors combine to build the images. Next, the early elements of an ordinary day are thanked, including bed, alarm clock, shower, towel, cup, bread, and jam. Soon, however, the arrival of a surprise package sends the narrative in a sharp new direction with “thank you, map” and “thank you, promise.” Individual objects are presented on a white background (thank you, boots, camera, flashlight, and compass), then the illustrations expand into larger two-page landscapes. New avenues are opened by a bicycle, train, bus, plane, and even a parachute. The vocabulary creates images just as the illustrations do, with expressive phrases like “thank you, cacophony” and “thank you, caution” and “thank you, fear.” The adventure lasts a year, thankings of each season showing the passage of time, until the colors separate back out at the end. As an artistic and writing exercise, readers must consider, what makes an impact in life? What experiences matter? The intricately patterned illustrations are richly textured and add depth to the spare text. This long-form picture book is unique, deceptively simple, and well worth exploring. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
