Readers of all ages will be engaged by the artful design and evocative, nos talgic feelings in the writing and illustrations. Blexbolex’s gorgeous artwork and minimal text are distilled to a symbiotic poetry—almost like a form of multimedia haiku. While small children will have fun with the color-saturated art and talking about what is happening in the illustrations, the adult reader is left with a sense of “Yes! Here is someone who sees, really sees, the wonder in the everyday.” Blexbolex received the prestigious Golden Letter Award in 2009 for the world’s best book design. lvb

Originally published as Saisons in French by Jeunesse Albin Michel France, in 2009. Translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick.