This book is terrific. This author/illustrator won the Golden Letter award for best book design in the WHOLE WORLD. I didn't even know there was such a thing. Must go search up a list of winners....
Okay, don't bother. It appears to be a very European thing that US publishers don't participate in and seems to be very.... well abstract. It is more about the book itself, not the content as much. So if you are interested in the book as a design statement, you would love it. If you are just looking for lovely illustrations, they don't seem to be as plentiful or important.
But I love these illustrations!
They remind me of vintage travel posters.
We are almost at this point of spring. About five buds on the apple tree have opened. SO EXCITED.
Lexbolex works with silk screen, which explains the layered look of different objects and the lack of intricate detail.
This makes me think of 1950's road trips to National Parks in the summer.
Any book with geese in v-formation is sort of a favorite of mine.
This was an interesting book because there was only one word per page, but 180 pages in the book. So it feels way too thick to be a picture book, but that is what it is.
Imagine! 180 pages of this sort of delight.
I am very thrilled that spring is just hitting it's stride, but this picture makes me look forward to winter a teensy weensy bit.
But not enough to want to skip over spring and summer and fall at all.
Interestingly, this book goes through a year and a half, not just one go through of each season.
Cows! Calves!
It is warm for the first time in forever and breezy. And this is how I feel!
First thunderstorm of the season last night. And I totally slept through it. Boo! But yay! for sleep!
Pretty partial to farming things.
I really tried to not take a picture of every single page. But it was hard.
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