Un fiume

This is a beautifully illustrated book. A young girl imagines what a journey would look like down the river she can see from her bedroom window. She lives in the city but the river takes her to changing landscapes. The text is calm and dreamlike, the illustrations are enchanting and full of detail,

I've been reading this year's New York Times list of Best Illustrated Children's Books. In this one a young child imagines a boat sailing down a river in a city traveling through farmland, forest, rainforest, mountains and waterfalls, etc. down to the sea. The illustrations are indeed intricate and

Firstly, the illustrations in this book from the cover and throughout were BEAUTIFUL! I genuinely adored them so much and they add so much more to the text, I read this book twice and each time noticed something new. I liked the way this book was about a child's imaginary journey from their room thr Leggi tutto

Beautiful illustrations! What would we do without imagination?

The narrator of this book is a young girl sits at her desk drawing when she looks out the window at the river flowing by outside. Seeing how it stretches out in the distance, the narrator begins an imaginary journey floating down the river in a silver boat. Floating through a busy. congested city, p Leggi tutto

I read this book to a year 4 class on school based training. Despite it being a picture book, they were engaged from the beginning and loved "noticing" things in the images that helps to explain the story further. They loved making connections too; after reading it to them I was constantly flicking

Beautiful crafted and presented, Martin weaves an exquisite journey based on the meandering water course of a river as imagined by one little girl from her city room window. There are elements of find and seek in this exposition, stitched beautifully together with poetic prose and Martin's rich illu Leggi tutto

Picture Books Count. I love the opportunity and the dreaminess of this one. You are lost in the adventure and the illustrations. The environment continues to bring awe.