Go up to the roof and bask in the moonlight

The present is far away, lonely but not lonely.

"...The reading process makes people deeply moved in the silence. This book is strange and beautiful, thanks to the enigmatic charm exuded by the illustrator Naheed Kazmi. There are a lot of details and delicate colors in her pictures. The color is expressive, and every page exudes a light and elegant softness." - "Wall Street Journal" Book Review

"You can feel lonely anywhere, but the loneliness of living in a city, surrounded by millions of people, is something else," author Olivia Laing said in her book "Lonely Cities." .

Turning the page of the book, a bird with strange long legs and colorless feathers is leaning on the roof chimney, doing nothing and being bored. It is among a flock of birds, but still feels lonely.

One day, he met a little girl and his life began to change. They looked at each other, roaming freely in every corner of the city, exploring the colorful joys of life. Inadvertently, the birds gradually become colored with beautiful colors. When he regained consciousness, his bird companion had already flown away from the city. The snow is falling...

This strange and charming picture book is written by Canadian poet Joanne. Rosen and Iranian-born illustrator Nasheed. Wonderful collaboration from Kazmi. Strong Arno. Rosen's writing is concise, but full of poetry and philosophy, and his writing skills are amazing. He uses contrasting words to create a rhythm of text and pronunciation, making the reading smooth and ups and downs. He opens up a broad text space and serves as a lead for the picture, allowing different readers to chew carefully and interpret it in various ways.

The Iranian illustrator Nasheed. Kazmi’s paintings are so wonderful. Her works combine a variety of media, including pencils, colored pencils, dry pastels, charcoal, and collage, to create dreamlike and gentle pictures. Each double-page spread contains many details and textures. , while giving scenes in cities and wilderness a uniquely complex color and perspective.

Reading this book once is definitely not enough. You must go back and read it several times to look for Nasheed. Kazmi weaves various threads into the picture. She painted time, seasons, loneliness, self-searching, or perhaps, love, and the mental journey from "seeing mountains is not mountains" to "seeing mountains is not mountains again." Then go back and read the text again, and you will find what a beautiful and outstanding dance of pictures and text it is.