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JOANNE SCHWARTZ grew up in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Her first picture book, Our Corner Grocery Store, was a Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award finalist. Her picture book Town Is by the Sea won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and was a Governor General's Literary Award nominee and a Boston Globe-Horn Book honoree. Joanne has been a children's librarian for more than thirty years, and she has spent many dreamy days looking at beautiful picture books. She lives in Toronto, Ontario. AFSANEH SANEI is an author and illustrator of children's books who was born in Isfahan, a colorful city in Iran. Afsaneh obtained a Bachelor's of Painting at Tehran University and a Master's of Illustration at the Art University of Tehran. Growing up in a region with ancient and rich history, she has always aspired to apply her country's literary and pictorial heritage in her art. Afsaneh now lives and works in Kent, Ohio.
""There are many surreal surprises in Sanei’s expansive gouache-and-colored pencil illustrations, from recurring remnants of the child’s oceanic dream to a topsy-turvy cartwheel scene with slow-motion movements suspended in transparent air bubbles. The poetic text has a stream-of-consciousness quality, made all the more immersive by the second-person point of view narration."" —STARRED REVIEW, Booklist ""A contemplative, inviting second-person text and playfully surreal illustrations capture the nature of dreams and the magic of the real world. . . . Sanei’s mesmerizing illustrations — acrylic gouache and colored pencil, finished digitally — beautifully enhance Schwartz’s unhurried, image-rich narrative with surprising perspectives, a lush color palette, and imaginative interpretation of the text."" —STARRED REVIEW, The Horn Book ""A grounded yet dreamy look at how we occupy our place in this vast world."" —Kirkus Reviews ""Schwartz’s poetic lines and Sanei’s acrylic gouache, colored pencil, and digital artwork encourage attentiveness to the surrounding world in this dreamy picture book."" —Publishers Weekly ""This beautifully illustrated fictional picture book explores the experience of getting lost in the world around you — only to become more present than ever. . . . The flowing, surreal artwork enhances this sense of discovery, drawing readers into a world where small details can be extraordinary. A gentle and meditative read, this book invites children to slow down, observe, and embrace mindfulness through the act of truly seeing and feeling what is around them."" —Quebec Library Association
