A happy young boy walks down the street, and enters an inviting house. He follows a trail of artwork (and a cat) up several winding staircases and through the rooms in the house until he reaches the attic. There, he finds the artist. She is folding her pictures into paper airplanes and tossing them out the window so they can soar with the birds above the city.
If you look closely at the details in each of the two-page spreads, you will find nods to other famous storybook characters and stories, like Alice in Wonderland and books by Shaun Tan, Peter Sis, and Quentin Blake, to name a few. Paying careful attention to the people in the windows and on the street, as well as the trinkets in the house, can also provide inspiration for additional storytelling.
Deček in Hiša [The Boy and the House] by Maja Kastelic. Slovenia: Mladinska Knjiga Zalozba, 2015.[9789610135272]
No comments:
Post a Comment