The Forest

Name: The Forest
ISBN: 9781592702183

by Riccardo Bozzi

Subject: Science & Nature - General
Age: 3-5 years
Format: Trade Paperback
Pages: 72
Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books
Size: 21.8 cm × 26.7 cm
ISBN: 9781592702183

A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2018! ★ A book about the journey of life, from our wide-eyes of childhood through the tangles and brambles, into our end.

A lyrical book about the adventure of life, The Forest is also a magnificent visual work, both painterly and a technical feat of paper engineering. In these beautifully considered pages, sensory experience and the textures of the material world are rendered through die-cuts, embossing, cutouts, and two gatefolds.

About the author

Valerio VidaliIllustrator

Valerio Vidali is an Italian illustrator and picture book author, whose work has received numerous recognitions. His book The Forest (Enchanted Lion, 2018) was a New York Time’s Best Illustrated book of 2018, as was his book Jemmy Button, in 2013. His work has also received the Grand Prix of ILUSTRARTE, the International Biennal of Illustration; the CJ Picture Book Award; as well as honors from the American Society of Illustrators and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. His latest book Hundred (Kein & Aber 2018) is currently nominated for the German Children's Literature Award. Valerio currently lives and works in Porto, Portugal.

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What reviewers said

"What an absolutely gorgeous book this is!"

"Like pretty much every title published by the small, independent Enchanted Lion books, it is a gorgeous, singular, unimprovable book... Somehow The Forest is a work of art that escapes feeling like an 'art object' — it succeeds in being for children. The ink on its mylar dust jacket makes a distinctively beautiful sound. The eye-holes and occasional unfoldings alter a reader’s sense of space. 'It is said that the forest has a certain limit if you look straight ahead, but the sides are boundless.' This book takes on even death: 'At the end of the climb there is a ravine into which each…

Rivka Galchen

BOOK BUYER, BOOKSTORE, AND LIBRARIAN REVIEWS

Simon Armstrong (Book buyer)

"As a book / object / artwork, this is just NUTS. And beautiful."

Simon Armstrong (Book buyer)

"Clever, instantly arousing curiosity... Students of design will appreciate the construction and the lush, vibrant compositions."

STARRED REVIEW! ★ "Uncommonly beautiful... The sheer marvel of the design, together with the inclusive, open-ended mystery of what lies beyond the forest, makes this a wondrous piece of bookmaking for all ages. Much like a poem, it will evoke new emotions and layers of meaning with repeated readings."