"dragonfly
cicada
bee
beetle"
As this new year dawns, I want to share this stunning book with you.
Life on a lake as the sun slowly rises brings great beauty to readers. Both flora and fauna awaken to the early morning light. Marc Martin opens our eyes on pages that exhibit these stirrings while using the sparest text to focus attention. Artwork created in watercolor, pencil and digital collage feel real enough to touch and will encourage quiet contemplation lest we disturb what is happening. A spider web glistens with dew drops, and a deer drinks daintily from the lake's cool water before becoming aware of our presence and darting away. The chosen words are sound (the deer lifts its head to stare at the source), spring, (only hindquarters are visible) and still (quiet ripples on the water's surface).
I cannot do the book justice with my words. It is a must-see. Perfect word choice, portraits that bring life to birds, butterflies, beetles, trees, leaves, flowers and a very hungry frog in search of a meal (wait, watch, flick, miss). Brilliant and always engaging. Marc Martin's incredible artistry is evident at every turn of the page. When you have finished reading it for the first time, you will want to go back again and again to be sure you have missed nothing.
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