Crescendo

Crescendo is a visual and poetic celebration (poem by Paola Quintavalle) of the transition to motherhood, featuring gorgeous watercolor illustrations from Alessandro Sanna that follow the transformation of a mothers shape throughout her pregnancy, artfully and gracefully delineated not only by images of a mothers profile, but by rich, sweeping scenes from nature. The curved wingspan of a seagull in flight, the arc of a whales tail as she swims with her calves, the peaks of verdant, moonlit hills, among others and at last, there is an image of a mother embracing her newborn child, at once lilting and reverenta vision of joy and rest at the culmination of an incredible inward journey. Quintavalle's poem, written as a response to Sannas illustrations, weaves delicately throughout the book. An ode to mothers everywhere, Crescendo is a book to share and to treasure. Also from Alessandro Sanna, published by Enchanted Lion Books: The River and Pinocchio: An Origin Story.