Crescendo

By Paola Quintavalle

Crescendo is a visual and poetic celebration (poem by Paola Quintavalle) of the transition to motherhood, featuring gorgeous watercolor illustrations from Alessandro Sanna that follow the transformation of a mother's shape throughout her pregnancy, artfully and gracefully delineated not only by images of a mother's profile, but by rich, sweeping scenes from nature.

The curved wingspan of a seagull in flight, the arc of a whale's tail as she swims with her calves, the peaks of verdant, moonlit hills, among others and at last, there is an image of a mother embracing her newborn child, at once lilting and reverent?a vision of joy and rest at the culmination of an incredible inward journey. Quintavalle's poem, written as a response to Sanna's illustrations, weaves delicately throughout the book. An ode to mothers everywhere, Crescendo is a book to share and to treasure. Also from Alessandro Sanna, published by Enchanted Lion Books: The River andPinocchio: An Origin Story.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592702554
• ISBN13: 9781592702558
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Enchanted Lion
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.7" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 4 years and up
• Grade Range: Preschool to Postsecondary