About this item
The light of the half moonShines down on the half room . . .The half room is full of half things. A half chair, a half cat, even half shoes - all just as nice as whole things. When half a knock comes on half a door, who in the world could it be? With inventive flair, Caldecott Honor winner Carson Ellis explores halves and wholes in an ingenious and thought-provoking picture book. Ink and gouache illustrations featuring wry detail and velvety textures conjure a dreamlike mood while leaving space for imagining. A celebration of the surreal and the serendipitous and the beauty of the two together, this brilliant picture book will have readers seeing halves with whole new eyes.
About the Author
Carson Ellis is the author and illustrator of the bestselling picture books and (a Caldecott Honor book and the recipient of an E.B. White Read Aloud Award) . She has illustrated a number of books for kids including by Trenton Lee Stewart, by Lemony Snicket, and by her husband, Colin Meloy. Carson has been awarded silver medals by the Society of Illustrators for her work on and on by Florence Parry Heide. She's the illustrator-in-residence for Colin's band, The Decemberists, and received Grammy nominations in 2016 and 2018 for album art design. She works sporadically as an editorial illustrator for , and others publications and exhibits art on occasion. She's represented by Nationale in Portland. Carson lives on a farm in Oregon with Colin, their two sons, two cats, one llama, three goats, many chickens, and an unfathomable multitude of tree frogs.
