Laura Purdie Salas is the author of more than 135 books for kids, including If You Were the Moon, Lion of the Sky, theCan Be... series, and Bookspeak! Poems about Books. Poetry and rhyming nonfiction books are her favorite things to write. Laura loves to do author visits, writing workshops, and teacher inservices. Read more about Laura and her work at laurasalas.com. Violeta Dabija lives in Moldova, a small Eastern European country. She has a strong traditional art background, a BA degree in Fine Arts/Graphic Design and 10 years of experience as a children's book illustrator. She works in both traditional and digital media and often mixes them to produce delicate and atmospheric illustrations with a traditional feel. She has illustrated about 25 children's books and she enjoys creating magic pictures and unique environments for her characters.
"[A] contemplative and thought-provoking ode to the forms water
takes and the functions it serves, both practical and whimsical."
--starred, Publishers Weekly-- (3/17/2014 12:00:00 AM)
"Dabija's illustrations, created with a combination of traditional
and digital techniques and filled with simple shapes and vivid,
vibrant colors, are misty, scratchy, sometimes-impressionistic,
always atmospheric--in a word, beautiful....Kids of all ages will
gain a new appreciation for water, and Salas and Dabija will surely
gain new fans." --starred, Kirkus Reviews-- (2/15/2014 12:00:00
AM)
"The text is perfect for creating mental images and showing
children what the words look like. The traditional and digital
media used for the illustrations create a delicate tone for the
book. Each page has an ethereal beauty that brings the text to
life." --School Library Journal-- (3/1/2014 12:00:00 AM)
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