![]() ![]() Like these stories, Mark Reibstein’s “Wabi Sabi” - chosen this fall as a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book - has a familiar scenario: a cat named Wabi Sabi seeks her name’s meaning, elicits various responses and comes home wiser. “Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story From China” (1989) won him a Caldecott Medal with its dramatic pictures (including a particularly fearsome wolf), creatively enhanced by the thematic use of light and shadow - which also resonates in his dedication: “To all the wolves of the world for lending their good name as a tangible symbol for our darkness.” He added a dimension to the Indian fable of the blind men and the elephant with “Seven Blind Mice”: Six mice, in rainbow colors, misconstrue the bits of the elephant they touch, but the seventh - white, like unrefracted light - explores the whole and grasps the truth. ![]() In a long, distinguished career, Ed Young has often conveyed the depth of apparently simple stories through his illustrations. ![]()
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