Because of the Japanese words and the complexity of haiku and text, the book evolved into a vertical design with a hinge on top. Since the story of Wabi Sabi is a journey, I chose a horizontal design in an accordion format (like Mouse Match (Harcourt, 1997)), and worked in ink, pastel and collage. What was the timeline from your accepting the manuscript to its publication? What were the major challenges along the way? I liked the story, so I submitted it to a number of houses, but didn’t have any luck until a friend, Molly Bang, suggested her editor at Little, Brown, Andrea Spooner, who passed it on to Alvina Ling, our editor.
He worked on the manuscript for many years.Īfter he read my book, Cat and Rat (Holt, 1995), he thought I might be interested in collaborating. Mark had lived in Japan, where he had a cat named Wabi Sabi.
I was introduced to author Mark Reibstein by a mutual friend, author Roni Schotter. Congratulations on your new much-buzzed release, Wabi Sabi, written by Mark Reibstein (Little Brown, 2008)! Could you tell us how the book came to be? Wabi Sabi is a unique picture book that clearly explains a new way of seeing the world to readers.We last spoke in 2007 about Beyond the Great Mountains (Chronicle, 2005). Together, they illustrate the unique world view that is wabi sabi. Caldecott Medal-winning artist Ed Young complements the lyrical text with breathtaking collages. Using spare text and haiku, Mark Reibstein weaves an extraordinary story about finding real beauty in. This unsatisfying answer sets Wabi Sabi on a journey to uncover the meaning of her name, and on the way discovers what wabi sabi is: a Japanese philosophy of seeing beauty in simplicity, the ordinary, and imperfection. At last, the master says, "That's hard to explain." And that is all she says. Wabi Sabi, a little cat in Kyoto, Japan, had never thought much about her name until friends visiting from another land asked her owner what it meant. Num Pages: 48 pages, Integrated: 32, col drawings. A curious cat explores the Japanese philosophy of finding beauty in simplicity Illustrator(s): Young, Ed. Stationery & miscellaneous items (Children's / Teenage)ĭescription for Wabi Sabi Hardcover.Personal & social issues (Children's / Teenage).
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