Simon & Schuster Ocean Meets Sky

Beautiful book. Stunning pictures!

Simplesmente maravilhoso! Lindo e tocante!

Dedicato all’elaBorazione del lutto. Facilmente reperibile in biblioteca essendo molto famoso. Ho preso la versione inglese: i testi sono brevi, due righe per pagina e non è stato diffide tradurre se non fosse che scrivere in matita sopra i disegni non è bello. Oltretutto non in tutte le pagine è leggibile la matita: i colori dei disegni confondono la grafica. Questo lo dico per chi dovesse avere la pessima idea di fare come me. Disegni di una bellezza mozzafiato e storia intensamente poetica. Qui il protagonista ricorda il nonno in un sogno onirico tra cielo e terra. Semplicemente fantastico!

Este livro tem uma história bonita, mas as ilustrações são de tirar o fôlego! Maravilhoso!

It's Finn's Grandpa's birthday. He would have been ninety if he was still around, and in his honour, Finn builds a boat for a journey they had planned together. Tired from the building, he falls asleep and wakes on the ocean under clouds shaped like a pipe, an anchor and a whale. Feeling lonely, Finn notices a huge golden fish with whiskers reminiscent of his grandfather's. Together they head off in search of a place where the ocean meets the sky. What follows is mystical and transcendental, with magical full spread illustrations. Finn and the fish visit the Library Islands where birds wear top hats, an island of truly giant shells, a sea full of dancing jellyfish, and then they are there. Whales, ships, hot air balloons... It is truly a place of wonder and awe. Finn sees his grandpa in the moon and manages to say goodbye before a voice calls him from the distance and he wakes up in his boat in the garden just in time to have grandpa's dumplings for tea. This is a gorgeous, fantastical story of the enduring bond of a child and his grandfather and a dreamy glimpse of what might lay beyond.