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A review by pwbalto
Before After by Anne-Margot Ramstein, Matthias Arégui
5.0
WOW. I have been a big fan of wordless books ever since a kindergartner sat me down and read Korgi to me, constructing the story entirely from the pictures.
This book, in two-page spreads, asks the reader to fill in the blank between two before/after images. A burning candle, a pile of wax. A slingshot, a broken window. A beehive, a jar of honey.
Some of the coupled images expand into a series - egg, chicken, chicken, egg. Some inferences are easy, some are more complex or conceptual. Some invite an entire story: two people gaze at each other across a deep gorge, and in the next picture a bridge has been built and they stand together.
And the art. Is beautiful.
Where's a kindergartner when you need one?
All my picks for best books to give this holiday are at http://www.unadulterated.us/pink-me/2015/12/give-it-all-the-goodies-for-this-holiday-season.html
This book, in two-page spreads, asks the reader to fill in the blank between two before/after images. A burning candle, a pile of wax. A slingshot, a broken window. A beehive, a jar of honey.
Some of the coupled images expand into a series - egg, chicken, chicken, egg. Some inferences are easy, some are more complex or conceptual. Some invite an entire story: two people gaze at each other across a deep gorge, and in the next picture a bridge has been built and they stand together.
And the art. Is beautiful.
Where's a kindergartner when you need one?
All my picks for best books to give this holiday are at http://www.unadulterated.us/pink-me/2015/12/give-it-all-the-goodies-for-this-holiday-season.html