Joao by a Thread

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Roger Melloの絵本『João by a Thread』は、夢と想像力が織りなす詩的な物語です。
ジョアンがキルトの毛布に包まれて眠りにつくところから始まります。
毛布は彼の夢の中で変化し、深い川、湖、山脈、そして魚が網を破るような場面へと展開していきます。

ジョアンは夜の孤独や恐怖を創造的な方法で乗り越えていきます。
繊細で美しいイラストが物語をさらに引き立てています。赤い背景に白い糸で描かれた線画は、見るたびに新しい発見がありますね！

2014年にHans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration を受賞したブラジルのイラストレーターRoger Melloの夢の中をさまようような不思議な絵本です。

Joao by a Thread
Contributor(s): Mello, Roger (Author) , Hahn, Daniel (Translator) , Mello, Roger (Illustrator)
EAN: 9781953861344
Publisher: Elsewhere Editions
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: October 25, 2022
Target Age Group: 05 to 08
Physical Info: 1.27 cms H x 16.26 cms L x 23.37 cms W (0.29 kgs) 37 pages

Annotation:
"As Joao tucks under a lovingly woven quilt, he asks himself: So it's just me now? He curls up, getting cozy in bed, and soon the world of his dreams unspools on the page. The blanket in his bed unravels into deep rivers, lakes, valleys, reservoirs, mountain ranges, fishing nets full of tadpoles and gaping holes, until what's left is just one long thread. When he feels alone and scared in the dark, Joao "sews words like patchwork" into a new blanket to cover himself up. He weaves the threads of his quilt until they form one long sentence, and soon, the nighttime is peppered with his own silvery, slippery words. Roger Mello draws like a shapeshifter - to look at his illustrations is always to see something you missed before (a stingray, a crescent moon nestled into the palm of Joao's hand). His breathtaking line drawings, beaming in white thread against deep red, combined with poetic and bewildered language, make Joao by a Thread a book to take into bed at the edge of sleep, just before you start to dream."--