In this moving companion to the Caldecott Honor–winning They All Saw a Cat, Brendan Wenzel tells the story of a seemingly ordinary stone. But it isn't just a stone—to the animals that use it, it's a resting place, a kitchen, a safe haven...even an entire world. With stunning illustration
A Stone Sat Still
β Scribed by Brendan Wenzel
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books LLC
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1014 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1452179131
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
In this moving companion to the Caldecott Honorβwinning They All Saw a Cat, Brendan Wenzel tells the story of a seemingly ordinary stone. But it isn't just a stoneβto the animals that use it, it's a resting place, a kitchen, a safe haven...even an entire world. With stunning illustrations in cut paper, pencil, collage, and paint, and soothing rhythms that invite reading aloud, A Stone Sat Still is a gorgeous exploration of perspective, perception, sensory experience, color, size, function, and time, with an underlying environmental message that is timely and poignant. Once again Wenzel shows himself to be a master of the picture book form.
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