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I Am Smoke
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I Am Smoke
Smoke itself acts as narrator, telling us how it has served humankind since prehistoric times in signaling, beekeeping, curing and flavouring food, religious rites, fumigating insects and myriad other ways.
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Smoke speaks in mesmerizing riddles: "I lack a mouth, but I can speak…. I lack hands, but I can push out unwanted guests…. I'm gentler than a feather, but I can cause harm…"
This rhythmically powerful narration is complemented by illustrations in which swirling smoke was captured on art paper held over smoky candle flames. The dancing smoke textures were then deepened and elaborated with watercolours and Photoshop finishes.
With this unique method, Mercè López "let the smoke decide how the idea I had in mind would dance with it, giving freedom to the images."
The resulting illustrations are astounding, and they resonate with the otherworldly text of I Am Smoke.
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Reviews highlight I Am Smoke as a beautifully crafted children's book that combines science with poetry, offering a fresh perspective on smoke as a character narrating its own story. The illustrations, created using unconventional techniques, enhance the lyrical and meditative text that explores smoke's positive attributes, contrasting with common negative perceptions. This picture book is praised for its aesthetic beauty and educational value, appealing to a wide audience.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780884487883
Publisher: Tilbury House,U.S.
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 09 November 2021
Country: United States
Imprint: Tilbury House,U.S.
Illustration: full color
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Mercè López
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 226.0mm
Height: 290.0mm
Weight: 477g
Pages: 36
About the Author
Henry Herz has authored more than ten picture books. His children's short stories have been published in Highlights for Children, Ladybug Magazine, and in anthologies for Albert Whitman & Co. and Blackstone Publishing. Henry also writes adult science fiction and fantasy short stories. He holds a BS in Engineering from Cornell, an MS in Engineering from George Washington University, and an MA in Political Science from Georgetown. Merce López graduated from Llotja Art School in Barcelona and has illustrated for design, theater, and film as well as twenty children's books for Spanish and international book publishers. Her 2019 title Lion of the Sky: Haiku for All Seasons by Laura Purdie Salas received multiple starred reviews and was named a Center for Children's Books Gryphon Honor Book, an NCTE Notable Poetry Book, a Kirkus Best Picture Book, and a Parents Magazine Best Kids' Book, among other accolades. In a starred review of I Am Smoke (Tilbury House, 2021), Kirkus called her illustrations "Lustrous" and "Exquisitely beautiful." In his 100 Scope Notes column for School Library Journal, Travis Jonker called I Am Smoke "One of the most astonishingly unconventional children's books of 2021. Here's to children's books that expand our assumptions of what a children's book can be."
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