The painterly illustrations suggest homage to Where the Wild Things Are, works by Eric Carle, and others. The journey culminates in a homecoming when Sato settles into bed, cozily sipping stories late into the night. Similarly charming artwork illustrates the interconnectedness among nature, children, and creativity in six other episodic expeditions featuring distinct themes.alongside Sato, readers travel through the seasons while sharing his myriad, surprising lenses on the universe. Youth Services Book Review A child's vivid imagination transforms everyday activities into magical interactions.
Simple, brief poetic text and illustrations in rounded shapes, in light and dark toned pastel colors, add to the feeling of wonder. The ocean, clouds, the night sky, reflections - these are the cosmic places Sato explores in each beautifully wrought adventure. Sato catches stars during a meteor shower, and the yellow glow guides a family of bears on a moonless night he eats delicious watermelon which becomes a boat in the sea while cracking open walnuts, he discovers miniature treasures inside each shell - loaves of bread, a warm bath - and when he covers his eyes with the shells, he finds himself beneath a sky full of stars. STARRED REVIEW, Publishers Weekly Dreamlike and fanciful, each adventure is as much a flight of fancy as it is a plunge into gorgeous colors and shapes. Each episode is over in a few pages, and every one offers kaleidoscopic, pleasingly sensorial images made for dreaming on. He waters his garden, and a spread traces the water along a twisting, turning course through the forest back to its source, a pond that, in Blaskowsky's natural-sounding translation, is blowing water into the hose as hard as it can. Sato.walks upright through a natural world reminiscent of the Chirri & Chirra series-one that offers enchanting and sometimes droll revelations.
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