How Beautiful - by Antonella Capetti (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"When a caterpillar is called "beautiful" one day, he wonders, what could that mean? No one has the same answer. A bear declares that honeycomb is beautiful, the squirrels find dry leaves are beautiful, and a mole loves his beautiful burrow. All the while, the blackbird disagrees with each answer! Will the caterpillar ever find out what beautiful means?"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>A "stunningly illustrated" (<em>Booklist </em>STARRED review) picture book about a curious caterpillar searching for the meaning of the word "beautiful." But is there just one meaning--or many? </strong></p><p>A caterpillar lives a simple life on his leaf until one day, an UnKnown Thing picks him up and calls him <em>beautiful. </em>A question forms in the caterpillar's mind: "What is <em>beautiful?</em>"</p><p>So begins a quest to discover the true meaning of the word beautiful. Much to the caterpillar's surprise, each animal in the forest has their own unique definition: </p><p>A bear declares that honeycomb is beautiful! </p><p>The squirrels say leaves are beautiful! </p><p>A mole says his burrow is beautiful!</p><p>What's a caterpillar to do? </p><p><em>How Beautiful </em>offers kids an immersive, memorable experience. <strong>Elaborate and vivid illustrations by Melissa Castrillón, author of </strong><strong><em>Yellow Kayak </em></strong><strong>and </strong><strong><em>If I Had a Little Dream, </em></strong><strong>combine with a sweet, central message: </strong></p><ul><li>Beauty is as diverse as we are.</li><li>"Beautiful" means something different to everyone, and that's okay!</li><li>The beauty of the natural world is worth celebrating!</li></ul><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"[Castrillón's] wild drawings carry a decorative impulse to unexpected heights. ... Each page turn reveals a new way of deploying hallucinogenic wonder across a two-page spread. This, too, is a definition of beautiful."<br />--<em><strong>New York Times</strong></em></p><p>"This stunningly illustrated picture book ... shows the wonder in tiny, overlooked things."<br />--<strong><em>Booklist</em> STARRED Review</strong></p><p>"Beauty's in the eye of the beholder in this unique tale ... Decorative illustrations... offer a striking example."<br />--<em><strong>Kirkus Reviews</strong></em></p><p>"Gorgeous ...filled with lush, dramatic, and eye-catching illustrations .... would work well as a read-aloud due to the large size [and] also be an excellent choice for bedtime reading. The cover ... will encourage students to pull it off the shelf to enjoy."<br />--<em><strong>School Library Connection</strong></em></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Antonella Capetti</strong> is a beloved picture book author and longtime primary school teacher in Italy.</p><p><strong>Melissa Castrillón</strong> studied illustration and children's book illustration at the Cambridge School of Art and has illustrated many acclaimed picture books, including <em>The Balcony, If I Had a Little Dream, </em>and <em>Yellow Kayak</em>. A freelance illustrator, she lives in Cambridge, England.</p>
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