author/illustrator: Alexandra Garibal/Aurélie Guillerey
ages: 3+
20 pages
23.2 x 25.5 cm
hardback
French
La Doux
WORKING COVER AND SPREADS
Dear Autumn
A majestic, immersive picture dictionary in the spirit of Richard Scarry — the perfect companion for the arrival of autumn. This vocabulary book series clevery offers a warm and flowing reading experience.
In Dear Autumn, young readers wander through richly detailed scenes and magnificent double-page spreads. Animals, fruits and vegetables, toys, clothing, plants, vehicles and little everyday objects reveal themselves under an attentive eye, brought to life by the words of Alexandra Garibal and the illustrations of Aurélie Guillerey.
Hovering between the contemplation of an immersive picture book and a search and find game, Dear Autumn gathers together life's small moments, the emotions and memories of this warm and cosy season. An autumnal stroll for looking, seeking, recognising… and never ceasing to wonder.
- 1,001 details to discover and endless stories to tell.
- A magnificent immersive reading experience: each double-page spread opens onto sweeping narrative scenes. All the themes most familiar to young children are gathered together, accompanied by short sentences that give them structure and meaning — creating a genuine story to share in accompanied reading.
- A world apart from the classic picture dictionary, so often didactic and cold, Dear Autumn invites readers into an emotional and sensory journey.
- A subtle nod to Ratatouille, and in the tradition of Richard Scarry's bustling worlds and Susanne Berner's grand narrative panoramas, Dear Autumn brings together the world of humans and animals alike across double-page spreads teeming with detail, adding a generous dash of mischief and warmth.
- The double-page scenes are designed at a child's eye level and brimming with knowing winks: beyond the spot-and-find game of the picture spreads, children will recognise illustrations of their own emotions and everyday experiences.
- The book also works as an autumnal sensory immersion: warm and comforting colours, evocative "scents", the small pleasures of the season, Halloween and its guests… so many details that make it the perfect seasonal book.
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