My Woodpecker's Music
Anna Anisimova author Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp translator Yulia Sidneva illustrator
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Restless Books
Published:14th Sep '23
Should be back in stock very soon
A 2024 USBBY Outstanding International Book
From beloved Finland-based children’s author Anna Anisimova comes a heartwarming, beautifully illustrated chapter book about a blind girl who joyfully explores her environment using her senses and vivid imagination, inviting young readers to understand their surroundings in entirely new ways.
For the young, blind heroine of The Invisible Elephant, the world is a thrilling place full of sounds, smells, and sensations. Although she doesn’t see the world outside with her eyes, nothing stops her from encountering her surroundings with joy and an impressively creative imagination. In four charming stories, we go with her to the zoo, the museum, and art class, and get a peek into her wonderfully magical mind where her grandfather's walking stick can transform into a horse and a sled can become a whale. When the time comes for her to learn braille, we watch how her family and friends cheer her on as she discovers how to navigate the world in her own way.
With gorgeous, inventive illustrations by Yulia Sidneva and artfully translated by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, The Invisible Elephant is a truly special book that helps kids to value all the different ways of seeing the world.
"Tirelessly cheerful... In Kemp’s applause-worthy translation, verbs empower, descriptions tickle and exclamation marks abound. Everything is exciting and full of wonder." —Aditi Sriram, The New York Times
“Written in a simple language full of wordplay and humour, it speaks to all ages, while inventive illustrations by Yulia Sidneva perfectly capture the fragile balance between the real world and the invisible.”
—Ekaterina Shatalova, World Kids Lit
- Short-listed for OWL Awards 2023
ISBN: 9781632063243
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
112 pages