This one was so beautiful I had to share it.
Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad
James Rumford
ISBN: 9781596432765
A fictional calligraphy-loving boy reflects on his country and the history of Yakut, the master calligrapher.
Ali is from modern Baghdad, and he loves lots of standard boy activities: soccer, loud music. But the love of Ali's life is calligraphy, and he practices the beautiful Arabic script to get the letters and the forms absolutely perfect.
The story is short and beautiful, with collage and imprinted and patterned figures and shapes and calligraphic letters across the backgrounds and hiding in the shadows. It's a sweet tale, surrounded by a beautifully created book.
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