Inkdrop snowflake11/11/2023 Turning the book around and starting from the other side, we encounter that storm from an altogether new perspective. In none of these scenes does the snowflake fall, however, and he begins to despair that he ever will… When he sees a tiny ink drop flying resolutely toward him, and the snowflake is overwhelmed by the desire to hug it tight. He feels, however, that he’s finally on the cusp of arriving somewhere, and the world below is glimpsed through the snowflake’s crystals, revealed altogether when the page is turned: we see a city street in one image, a circus in another, and then children playing in a park as the snow begins to accumulate. The snowflake, we’re told, has been travelling for a long time. And also about what it means to see the world and want to be a part of it, and the amazing, serendipitous way that this (that love!?) can happen.Īt first, this is the story of some wind and a snowflake drifting over the rooftops of a European town. And there is a lot to notice here, in a book about tiny particles and what it means to be part of something larger than oneself. Although my children, with their grubby little fingers, like the book as much as I do, and are as adept at getting lost in the illustrations, and perhaps even better at picking out its perfect details, at noticing things. It’s a gorgeously illustrated picture book about yearning, desire, and storytelling, with beautiful intricate die cuts that make it a book that might be better be kept up on a hight shelf, and perhaps best suited for grown-up picture book lovers. The Story of Snowflake and Inkdrop is written by Pierdomenico Baccalario and Alessandro Gatti, illustrated by Simona Mulazzani, and translated from Italian by Brenda Porster.
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