Kyo Maclear Bücher

Wie schön kann doch der Tag sein, wenn man schon morgens Pläne hat und Entscheidungen treffen darf. Was Erwachsene kaum noch wahrnehmen oder zuweilen als Arbeit ansehen, wird in diesem Buch zum Spiel: Was zieh ich heute an? Das Streifen-T-Shirt? Die Latzhose? Den Kratzepulli? Lieber nicht! Turnschuhe, Schlappen? Und was will ich frühstücken? Müsli? Toast? Bananen, Porridge, Ei? Und dann? Wo geh ich heute hin? Und mit wem? Und wie? So schier unendlich viele Möglichkeiten, einen einzigen Tag, einen jeden Moment zu verbringen! Das ganze Leben ist doch ein Spielplatz, eine Box der Möglichkeiten! Seite für Seite eine Wunderkammer, die möglicherweise unendlich viel öfter geblättert betrachtet werden möchte, als das Jahr Tage hat. Wir waren einstimmig vom ersten Moment an verzückt und fragen uns, wie wir vorher ohne dieses Buch von Julie Morstad leben konnten? Unmöglich!

Zeit ist eine Blume. Zeit ist ein Kiesel, der einst ein Berg war. Zeit ist der einen Nacht und der anderen Tag. Was noch ist Zeit? Eine Linie, ein Kreis? Julie Morstads wunderbar poetische Gedankenreise über Zeit nimmt uns mit auf eine Reise über Vergänglichkeit, Veränderung und die großen Fragen des Lebens. So spielerisch, verträumt und frech, dass Leser*innen in jedem Alter dieses Abenteuer durch die Zeit genießen. Ein kostbarer Titel im 6-Farbdruck: Ein Geschenk für alle, die gerne auf Gedankenreisen gehen und ein Buch wie ein Schmuckstück lieben.

A playful and poignant exploration of the nature of time through the eyes of a child from acclaimed author/illustrator Julie Morstad. What is time? Is it the tick tick tock of a clock, numbers and words on a calendar? It's that, but so much more. Time is a seed waiting to grow, a flower blooming, a sunbeam moving across a room. Time is slow like a spider spinning her web or fast like a wave at the beach. Time is a wiggly tooth, or waiting for the school bell to ring, or reading a story . . . or three! But time is also morning for some and night for others, a fading sunset and a memory captured in a photo taken long ago. In this magical meditation on the nature of time, Julie Morstad shines a joyful light on a difficult-to-grasp concept for young readers and reminds older readers to see the wonders of our world, including children themselves, through the lens of time.

A joyful celebration of Japanese cultural traditions and body positivity as a young girl visits a bath house with her grandmother and aunties You'll walk down the street / Your aunties sounding like clip-clopping horses / geta-geta-geta / in their wooden sandals / Until you arrive... / At the bath house / The big bath house. In this celebration of Japanese culture and family and naked bodies of all shapes and sizes, join a little girl--along with her aunties and grandmother--at a traditional bath house. Once there, the rituals leading up to the baths begin: hair washing, back scrubbing, and, finally, the wood barrel drumroll. Until, at last, it's time, and they ease their bodies--their creased bodies, newly sprouting bodies, saggy, jiggly bodies--into the bath. Ahhhhhh!With a lyrical text and gorgeous illustrations, this picture book is based on Kyo Maclear's loving memories of childhood visits to Japan, and is an ode to the ties that bind generations of women together.

Mama Liszt, Papa Liszt, Winifred, Edward, Frederick and Grandpa Liszt make lists all day long. Then one day a visitor arrives. Will the Liszts be able to make room on their lists for this new visitor? Kyo Maclear's quirky, whimsical story is perfectly brought to life with the witty, stunning illustrations of debut picture book artist Julia Sarda.

"One winter Kyo Maclear felt unmoored. Her father had recently fallen ill and she suddenly found herself a little lost. In the midst of this crisis, she met a musician who loved birds. When he watched birds and began to photograph them, his worries dissipated. Curious, she began to accompany him on his urban birdwatching expeditions and witnessed the magic of a transient city. Birds Art Life Death asks how we might gain perspective and overcome our anxieties by learning to cherish the urban wild spaces in which we live." --Provided by publisher.

A city can be many things: quiet and dreamy or buzzing with excitement, and this picture book explores them all--and celebrates the people who live in them.

The uplifting journey of a bashful cloud ("kumo" in Japanese) who discovers the rewards of feeling seen.Kumo is a cloud whose only wish is to float unseen. When she’s assigned cloud duty for the day, she feels overwhelmed by self-doubt and her fear of being noticed. But after learning that closing your eyes isn’t a good solution to your troubles, Kumo pulls her fluff together and does her duties — drifting, releasing rain and providing shelter — meeting some new friends along the way and inspiring the imagination (and capturing the heart) of a small daydreamer like her.Kyo Maclear’s sweetly humorous and lyrical parable about shyness, vividly brought to life by Nathalie Dion’s ethereal illustrations, is an affirmation of the pleasures of community and the confidence that can arise from friendship and visibility.

A glorious celebration of all the reasons to love the rain!