Picture book of the Day - I Wish by Ingrid Godon and Toon Tellegen
April 7, 2020
Today, we are featuring the picture book I Wish by Ingrid Godon and Toon Tellegen
The book is translated from the Dutch by David Colmer.
I Wish pairs writing with a gallery of portraits inspired by old-fashioned photographs - faces staring out at us with the serious, veiled expressions of a bygone time.
Bestelling Dutch children's author Toon Tellegen matches 33 imaginative prose-poems prompted by the statement "I wish" with luminous, old-fashioned portraits by Ingrid Godon in this beautiful, unique volume perfect for thoughtful young readers.
Scattered among the paintings are young children, men and women, and babies, speaking through Toon Tellegen's yearning language.
Like dozens of confessions poured from the page, the writing presents a glittering kaleidoscope of wishes, from imagined feats of heroism to reciprocated human love.
I Wish
Toon Tellegen
Bestelling Dutch children's author Toon Tellegen matches 33 imaginative prose-poems prompted by the statement "I wish" with luminous, old-fashioned portraits by Ingrid Godon in...
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