Anni and Bert: A Weaving Story
By (Author) Emily Hall
Illustrated by Victoria Semykina
Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
20th August 2025
20th May 2025
United States
Children
Fiction
813.6
Hardback
40
Width 230mm, Height 300mm
420g
A colorful exploration of the artwork and influences of Anni Albers, this engaging book introduces young readers to the fundamentals of weaving and the world of textiles.
Bert, a plucky but sometimes lazy bird, wakes up one morning to discover that his nest has fallen apart. After an unsuccessful search for a quick fix, he finds himself in the studio of the legendary artist Anni Albers, who shows him that weaving may be the perfect way to restore his home into something that's useful and beautiful.
A colorful exploration of the artwork and influences of Anni Alberswho changed our ideas about what is art and what is craft and what is boththis engaging book introduces young readers to the fundamentals of weaving and the world of textiles.
Victoria Semykina is an illustrator and fine artist based in Bologna, where she studied printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts.
Emily Hall is a book editor at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Longcut, her novel about an artist searching for her work, was published in 2022 by Dalkey Archive.