They Call Me River
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Emmy Award–winning animator Maciek Albrecht’s picture book They Call Me River is a moving story about a river and the cycle of life, from raindrop to ocean.
In this beautiful and moving tribute, a river is born and carried along. It plays, sparkles, grows, moves. It rushes, falls, is still. It carries. And when a river reaches the sea, it becomes it, and then it rises up into the sky, rains down, and begins again. Not unlike life.
“Albrecht follows a narrating river from its origin to the ocean with simple, songlike writing and striking artwork.” —Publishers Weekly
“An affecting metaphor for the cycle of life.” —Kirkus Reviews
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"I begin as rain." Albrecht follows a narrating river from its origin to the ocean with simple, songlike writing and striking artwork. In its early meandering, it amuses itself as a child might: "I play with fish. Chase dragonflies." Then it gathers momentum, "twisting, spinning, splashing, roaring. I am wonderful and wild." The river hurtles through the countryside; becomes, briefly, a thundering flood; then passes a city on its way to the ocean, where the cycle starts again: "And then, drop by drop, I return to the sky." Mixed-media artwork combines patterned swatches in a single plane, producing dynamic tapestries of color and texture. Small humans seen by the riverside give a sense of scale, shrinking as the river grows larger and the view pulls back. The endless motion of the water creates a paradoxical sense of activity and calm, carrying readers along in its strong, steady current. Ages 4–8.