A limited color scheme featuring shades of charcoal contrasting with blue acrylic paint create this powerful story of a day at the beach. A girl is excited as she races toward the water, but apprehensive as she approaches. The book's gutter and the girl's determination hold the wave back until she bravely crosses the gutter. The wave gathers momentum, and follows the girl as she retreats, splashing her and transforming the landscape to include the vibrant blue of the water.
The book's shape, almost twice as wide as it is tall, is ideal for providing a panoramic perspective, and positive and negative space are used brilliantly.
From the 2013 Silent Books from the World to Lampedusa Honour List: "This is the story of a meeting between two worlds, two diversities, a metaphor of the transformation that discovering difference brings about in people."
Wave by Suzy Lee. United States of America: Chronicle Books, 2008. [9780811859240]
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