Following Papa's Song
Gianna Marino
ISBN: 9780670013159
textured mulberry paper with gouache and gum arabic - vibrant color gradients
A young whale learns from her father to follow the whale-song on their great migration, and when she is distracted by a shiny flash from the deep dark below places of the ocean (beautifully visualized by color gradients) she listens for his song to find her way back up to the light of the surface and continue their journey.
It's a bit long and lyrical for storytime - perhaps a bedtime storytime would work better, but it is lovely, and the illustrations just beg for you to fall into them and think peaceful thoughts about the oceans and the beautiful humpbacked whales within. The rich greens especially just make me want to curl up in a happy comfortable ball and meditate.
Text is minimal and prose, with very few words per spread, switching from black to white over the course of the story to maintain contrast with the background colors.
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