Vendor
	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
Original language
English
Categories
Children’s picture books

WONDER WALKERS

Micha Archer

Filled with her distinctive gorgeous, detailed collages, WONDER WALKERS gives readers a fresh outlook on the splendors of nature.

When two curious kids embark on a "wonder walk," they let their imaginations soar as they look at the world in a whole new light. They have thought-provoking questions for everything they see: Is the sun the world's light bulb? Is dirt the world's skin? Are rivers the earth's veins? Is the wind the world breathing? I wonder...
Young readers will wonder too, as they ponder these gorgeous pages and make all kinds of new connections. What a wonderful world indeed!

Key selling points
- Intricate, Stunning Collage Artwork: Micha received rave reviews for her collages in Daniel Finds a Poem, Daniel's Good Day, and Girl Running, and her art in this book is as vivid as ever
- Encourages, Curiosity and Asking Questions and will spark kids' curiosity about the natural world.
- Celebrates the Natural Beauty to be found all around us.
- Celebrates Finding Connections as the children see parallels wondering in their world and the wider world. Is the ocean the world's bath?

Micha Archer wrote and illustrated Ezra Jack Keats Award winner Daniel Finds a Poem and its companion, Daniel's Good Day, and has also illustrated several picture books, including Girl Running (by Annette Bay Pimentel). Micha works in oil and collage on paper she creates with homemade stamps and layered tissue paper. She came from a long line of artists and teachers and taught for many years in a kindergarten. Raising two kids and teaching are where she cultivated her love for picture books and realized their importance as teaching tools. Micha lives in western Massachusetts in the house she and her husband built, surrounded by gardens and forests to roam in.

Available products
Book Published 2021-03-30 by Nancy Paulsen Books
Book Published 2021-03-30 by Nancy Paulsen Books

Comments

Chinese (simp.): Beijing Cheerful ; Italy: Il Castoro ; Korean: ChungARam ; Turkish: Koç University Press

WONDER WALKERS is a New York Public Library Best Books of 2021

Language that is spare and economic yet profound and beautifully poetic. Only wonderstruck children, confronting nature's gorgeous mysteries, could express themselves so intimately, creatively, and originally. Youngsters reading/hearing this book on laps or in groups, and grown-ups, too, will be charmed, enlightened, and moved by these breathless queries... At the book's conclusion, children may want space to discuss, dictate, write, and/or illustrate their own questions/ideas about nature. Luminous ink-and-collage illustrations are lush and vivid, perfectly suiting the text... Excellent for enriching vocabulary, developing creative thinking, and enhancing a love of nature.

Archer's collage illustrations, using tissue paper and patterned papers, burst forth with vibrant colors, beguiling textures, and boundless energy. The double-page spreads employ little white space (there's too much of the outdoors to revel in) yet are never too busy; Archer knows just where to direct viewers' eyes. A sense of movement propels the narrative: clouds float; fog blankets the river; ocean waves lap against the shore; and the wind swirls around the children's faces. Beautifully rendered - and wonderful in every way.

Some of the queries understand the Earth as one great, living, breathing creature... Sumptuous artwork employs collaged textured and patterned paper to represent rich expanses of sea and sky alongside the individual petals of black-eyed Susans. Asking good questions is at the heart of discovery, and Archer's young wonder walkers show readers how it's done.