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Crescendo

Alessandro Sanna author Paola Quintavalle author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Enchanted Lion Books

Published:19th Mar '19

Should be back in stock very soon

Crescendo cover

Social media sharing and promotion on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter Newsletter featuring interviews with poet and illustrator, glimpses at the creative process and an excerpt from the book (poem + corresponding illustration) Sending review copies to appropriate blogs, illustrators, and reviewers—especially those run by mothers Promoting the book to doula organizations, motherhood scholars, hospitals (gift shops, parent education programs, etc.) Releasing the book before Mothers Day 2018 and promoting it as a holiday gift book Bringing Alessandro to the US to promote the book—painting workshops with pregnant mothers (as Alessandro has done in Italy) at childbirth education organizations, stores that offer products and classes for new mothers and babies, bookstores, libraries, etc.

A visual and poetic celebration of the transition to motherhood, depicting the maternal body as a most ultimate source of creativity and strength.Crescendo is a visual and poetic celebration (poem by Paola Quintavalle) of the transition to motherhood, featuring gorgeous watercolor illustrations from Alessandro Sanna that follow the transformation of a mother’s shape throughout her pregnancy, artfully and gracefully delineated not only by images of a mother’s profile, but by rich, sweeping scenes from nature. The curved wingspan of a seagull in flight, the arc of a whale’s tail as she swims with her calves, the peaks of verdant, moonlit hills, among others and at last, there is an image of a mother embracing her newborn child, at once lilting and reverent―a vision of joy and rest at the culmination of an incredible inward journey. Quintavalle's poem, written as a response to Sanna’s illustrations, weaves delicately throughout the book. An ode to mothers everywhere, Crescendo is a book to share and to treasure. Also from Alessandro Sanna, published by Enchanted Lion Books: The River and Pinocchio: An Origin Story.

“Sublime.” —Kirkus Reviews "Addressed directly to an unborn child, this luminous Italian import presents a fetus's in-utero growth with whimsy and sophistication. ... Young children won't need to understand the meaning in every line to appreciate this original offering, which brims with warmth, love, and wonder." —Publishers Weekly "Visual metaphors drawing on the lives of other beings — a bird, a horse, a flower, a school of fish — populate Sanna’s watercolor score of Quintavalle’s spare, poetic chronicle of becoming, their geometry cleverly mirroring the curvature of the mother’s belly that frames the story."—Maria Popova, Brain Pickings "A charming, heartfelt story about the stages of development and the undeniable love of a mother." —Powell's Books "Is there a picture book out there that better marries art and science? Sanna seems to be working in watercolor with a brush dipped in celestial light and fairy dust, and yet Crescendois deeply scientific. Quintavalle has loaded her pen not with sunshine and moonglow but with information about human gestation; her narrative, utterly faithful to the stages of embryotic and fetal growth, concludes with the section "Developmental Facts That Inspired the Text." Crescendo is a book that belongs on multiple shelves in the kids' section of a bookstore or library, but the truth is, it wouldn't be out of place in an adult's collection." —Shelf Awareness, Nell Beram, freelance writer and YA author ”A gracefully beautiful and thoroughly 'kid friendly' picture book, ‘Crescendo’ is appropriate for family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school, and community library collections.” —Midwest Book Review ”A poetic tribute to motherhood and the miracle that is birth.” —Michelle Sterling, Avery and Augustine "While there are many ways to become a mother, art and nature mingle in this celebration of gestation—where each month, phase and trimester of pregnancy is depicted through immersive watercolor spreads. Unlike anything you've seen before, this joyous book is worth savoring and paying particular attention to the negative space. And yes, it would make a splendid keepsake gift for any expectant mother." —Miranda Rosbach, My Book Bloom ”This warm and whimsical book is a perfect gift for mums and mums-to-be. …Heartwarming and joyful!” —Emma C, NewSouth Books

ISBN: 9781592702558

Dimensions: 198mm x 201mm x 20mm

Weight: 413g

104 pages