The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Gatti, Alessandro , Baccalario, Pierdomenico

The Story of Snowflake and Inkdrop

56 pp. | Enchanted Lion | November, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59270-186-5 $22.95

(3) K-3 Translated by Brenda Porster. Illustrated by Simona Mulazzani. In a dreamlike fantasy--told in two separate stories starting at opposite sides of the book--a drop from an artist's ink bottle and a snowflake falling from the sky are serendipitously united in the air (at the book's middle). The Italian import is carried by Mulazzani's gorgeous art, which incorporates delicate, intricate laser cutouts of lacy-snowflake and irregular-inkblot designs.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo