Blue Rider

It’s a dazzling vision of the way art transcends the everyday. * Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW * Valério excels at conveying the pure joy of color and form and, not incidentally, the ability of art and books to lift us up and away. * Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW * . . . this book simply and persuasively speaks to the power of art to brighten and illuminate our lives, no matter how or where we find it. * Horn Book, STARRED REVIEW * [A] sumptuous wordless tale …. From the start, the use of color is so sophisticated you can almost hear it … * New York Times * [Valerio’s] Picassoesque style flourishes through the dreamlike sequence of illustrations … A seamless interweaving of reverie and reality, Blue Rider is a must-have wordless addition to any picture book collection. * CM: Canadian Review of Materials * Here is a tribute to art, to books, and to the power of the imagination. * Booklist * Without question, this narrative is a visual experience that invites readers to not only appreciate, but also actively engage with, art. . . . A seamless interweaving of reverie and reality, Blue Rider is a must-have wordless addition to any picture book collection. * CM Magazine * Looking at art doesn’t always stir the soul, but when it does the sensation can be so powerful as to feel like a subsuming rapture. Geraldo Valério manages to replicate this dizzying and rare experience in Blue Rider. * Wall Street Journal * Valério demonstrates that art has the power to create inspiration and joy in an often beauty-starved, too predictable world. * Canadian Children's Book News * Valerio’s book continues the thoughts of The Blue Rider group, and posits that through the art of a children’s picture book we can be helped in transforming our often dull world into something brighter, larger, and more joyous. * BayViews *