Thank You, Everything

(Hardback)

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This magnificent new title from Icinori starts as a word book of things to be thankful for and turns into a thrilling adventure story along the way

What starts as a series of thank yous addressed to common objects that inhabit our daily lives gradually builds into a fantastic journey across landscapes, seasons, and inner discoveries. Deceptively simple, each page acknowledges the contributions of a different object (spoon, rock, beasts) or concept (summer, slumber, surprise), with each image building on the next to create a dazzling narrative that invites readers to puzzle and play, explore and discover, appreciate and marvel. Aaron Beckers Journey meets Carter Higginss Circle Under Berry in this visual tour de force and invitation to look at the world with new eyes.

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STARRED REVIEW! "Paired with simple text made up of brief 'thank you' sentences, the story unfolds through the elegant, textured images... This is a tale that begs readers to linger and wonder about what it means to be grateful... A limited but vivid palette of primary colors simultaneously soothes with its blues and energizes with its red and yellows, creating an aesthetically pleasing, thought-provoking, and engaging experience. A whimsical, enriching, and deeply rewarding adventure in gratitude." * Kirkus Reviews *
STARRED REVIEW! "Striking, stylish illustrations distinguish an epic read from creative team Icinori. Crisp-edged, silkscreen-like images in a palette of muted red, faded gold, and deep turquoise give the pages the look of vintage advertisements The ambitious, world-girdling expedition recasts exploration in an unexpected language." * Publishers Weekly *
A child sets out on a fantastical journey of gratitude in this engrossing picture book. The illustrations defy characterization, with elements of geometric abstraction, neo-Impressionism, and linocut techniques all layered together in a limited palette of blue, red, and yellow Invites children to explore the world around them with new appreciation for the extraordinary and the everyday. * Foreword Reviews *

Author Bio

Icinori is an experimental design and illustration duo, made up of couple Mayumi Otero and Raphael Urwiller. Designers, visual artists, and editors, they concoct a wide range of projects together, spanning illustration, graphic design, exhibitions, publishing, and teaching. They have published several artists books and childrens books, including Et Puis, which was selected as an honor book in the fiction category of the 2019 Bologna Ragazzi Awards, and have contributed art to the New York Times, Wired, and Forbes Magazine. Growing up in a FrenchChinese American family, Emilie Robert Wong attended school in the French national education system before studying comparative literature and neuroscience at Harvard College. She is an associate editor at Enchanted Lion, as well as the co-translator, with Karin Snelson, of You Cant Kill Snow White (shortlisted for the Global Literature in Libraries Initiatives Translated YA Book Prize) and At the Drop of a Cat (a Kirkus Best Book of 2023 and a NYPL Best Childrens Book of 2023).