This glorious new picture book from two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall is as lavish and moving a tribute to a storied, beloved place as Hello Lighthouse.
Over a hill, at the end of a road, by a glittering stream that twists and turns stands a farmhouse.
Step inside the dollhouse-like interior of Farmhouse and relish in the daily life of the family that lives there, rendered in impeccable, thrilling detail. Based on a real family and an actual farmhouse where Sophie salvaged facts and artifacts for the making of this spectacular work, page after page bursts with luminous detail and joy. Join the award-winning, best-selling Sophie Blackall as she takes readers on an enchanting visit to a farmhouse across time, to a place that echoes with stories.
*" A lovely, tender reimagination of people in a long-past time and place."-- Kirkus, starred review
*" A love letter to the joys of country living and family life as well as the importance of treasuring the past and all its stories."-- School Library Journal, starred review
*"The tale's strong sense of place undergirds Blackall's witness to the way environments change over time and stories survive long after material objects disappear, in a thoughtful, expertly executed work that looks simultaneously forward and back."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review
*" Blackall's illustrations are everything here, incorporating wallpaper, fabrics, and other items scavenged from the house melded together with ink, watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil to create vibr antly layered compositions with a tactile quality."-- Horn Book, starred review
* " Genuinely captivating...A meditation on the creative process...Multifaceted and arresting... Irresistible."-- Booklist, starred review
Sophie Blackall has illustrated dozens of beautiful books including the Caldecott Medal-winning titles Hello Lighthouse and Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick. She is also the proprietor of Milkwood, a creative retreat housed in a restored dairy barn, adjacent to a falling-down house upon which this book is based. When not at the farm, she lives with her family in Brooklyn, NY. She invites you to visit her on Instagram @SophieBlackall.
Target Age: 4-8
Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub Date: September 13, 2022
0.49" H x 10.26" L x 10.35" W
48 pages
hardcover