Neighbors
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Neighbors is a contemplative picture book about the lives of our neighbors—who are all around us and ever-present, yet somehow surprisingly elusive.
They're everywhere: next door, above, and even below. More often than not, they are a mystery, a presence suggested by low hums, footfalls, or perhaps a slammed door.
This book explores the ways that we think about those we exist among, but who remain strangers until we make the brave—and affirming—decision to connect.
• From debut author-illustrator Kasya Denisevich
• An exploration of neighbors coexisting together in one very special apartment building
• Dynamic black-and-white illustrations blur the line between imagination, dreams, and reality.
As Neighbors illustrates so beautifully, that moment of connection is a portal to a world of possibility.
This unique book uses both visual storytelling and compelling text to consider how we map the landscape of the vast world around us, starting with the person just on the other side of the apartment wall.
• Explores what it means to exist in a world of strangers, friends, and neighbors who are both alike and completely different from each other
• Perfect for children ages 3 to 5 years old
• Makes a great pick for parents and grandparents, as well as librarians, teachers, and educators
• You'll love this book if you love books like Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller, The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers by Stan and Jan Berenstain, and The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates.
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In this reflective picture book debut, a pale child moves into an old apartment building a complex structure complete with an underground theater and muses on sharing walls with strangers: "If I could stretch my hand through that wall, I could actually touch someone." Working in graceful black-and-white wash with red highlights, Denisevich traces the wrought-iron arabesques of the building's stair rails. A series of cutaway views represent possible goings-on: the apartments might be filled with ordinary people (a child practicing the flute), fairy-tale creatures (a theater full of mice), or nothing and no one ("What if there is nothing at all beyond the walls of my room?"). Soon, the child meets a neighbor; a possible friendship is signaled by hints of color. With artwork that imbues the protagonist's thoughts with significance, Denisevich meditates on the way urban life is at once busy and solitary, public and private. Ages 5 8.
