Crescendo

Author(s): Paola Quintavalle

Pregnancy/Childbirth

Crescendo is a visual and poetic celebration of the transition to motherhood, featuring 47 gorgeous watercolor illustrations from Alessandro Sanna (The River, Pinocchio: An Origin Story) and a corresponding poem by Paola Quintavalle.


Sanna's illustrations 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. 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.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781592702558
  • : Enchanted Lion Books, LLC
  • : Enchanted Lion Books, LLC
  • : 0.01
  • : November 2018
  • : ---length:- '19.1'width:- '19.1'units:- Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Paola Quintavalle
  • : Hardback
  • : 1905
  • : Alessandro Sanna
  • : English
  • : 104