Every Color of Light: A Book about the Sky

Rainstorms will never look the same again after a mesmerizing trip through the forest with Japanese poet Hiroshi Osada as the guide. Combined with the marvel of Ryôji Arai's dazzling illustrations of nature, Every Color of Light is a refreshing sensory wonderland in picture-book format.

There is a calm on the forest floor when the rain starts. As the storm intensifies, Arai's illustrations grow darker, the lines stronger and Osada's words gain urgency: "The wind whips/ The rain slants." Then percussive onomatopoeia couples with bold colors that flash as powerfully as the lightning strike they represent. Mindfulness, spectacle and awe emanate from every page of this breathtaking collaboration. Arai's forceful use of color and line tell as much of the story as David Boyd's melodic translation of Osada's punctuation-less text, loaded with illuminating figurative language. All three contributors express a respect for nature's strength, resilience and beauty. --Jen Forbus, freelancer

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