{"product_id":"i-am-smoke","title":"I Am Smoke","description":"\u003cp\u003eNamed to the Evanston Public Library's Blueberry List: Kids' Book that Inspire Love of Nature and Action for Planet Earth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected for the Notable Social Studies 2022 list\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed to the ALA Notable Children's Books 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wowww!”―– Raina Telgemeier, #1 NY Times, #1 USA Today, #1 Publishers Weekly bestselling author\/illustrator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKIRKUS STAR: Lustrous illustrations and meditative text reflect on the role of smoke in nature and civilization... Smoke dissipates quickly, but this poetic text will linger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKIRKUS'S LIST OF 150 MOST ANTICIPATED FALL 2021 BOOKS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Smoke itself acts as narrator, telling us how it has served humankind since prehistoric times in signaling, beekeeping, curing and flavoring food, religious rites, fumigating insects, and myriad other ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmoke speaks in mesmerizing riddles: “I lack a mouth, but I can speak…. I lack hands, but I can push out unwanted guests…. I’m gentler than a feather, but I can cause harm…\". This rhythmically powerful narration is complemented by illustrations in which swirling smoke was captured on art paper held over smoky candle flames, and the dancing smoke textures were then deepened and elaborated with watercolors and Photoshop finishes. With this unique method, Mercè López “let the smoke decide how the idea I had in mind would dance with it, giving freedom to the images.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe resulting illustrations are astounding, and they resonate with the otherworldly text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efull color\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quimby's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44722019500086,"sku":"9780884487883","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/1388\/5494\/files\/9780884487883.jpg?v=1769014015","url":"https:\/\/quimbysbooks.com\/products\/i-am-smoke","provider":"Quimby's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}