Imagine a Night
Sarah L. Thompson
Athenium
Fiction, YA Picture Book
*****
DESCRIPTION: Paintings by Rob Gonsalves inspire a night where shadows walk and stars fold back like curtains, where gravity turns upside-down, where anything is possible.
REVIEW: The primary reason to buy the book - at least, the primary reason I bought the book - are the beautiful images, with Escher-like metamorphoses and twists on reality. The text merely annotates, in freeform verse, the pictures. A great, inspiring, beautiful book for any dreamer of any age. I've seen two other books - Imagine a Day and Imagine a Place - but have yet to read them. They look equally imaginative, though...
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