Kevin Hawkes
Have a Look, says Book
Written by Richard Jackson
Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
Atheneum
ISBN 978-1481421058
Soft kittens, wooly socks, soggy mittens, fleecy flocks—this pictorial celebration of things tactile explores how what we touch touches us. From legendary editor Richard Jackson, Have a Look, Says Book is a sweet celebration of the ways we discover new things, through touch, through books.
Reviews
“Bright illustrations take readers ... on a roller-coaster ride through the pages of a beckoning book. ... The book wants its visitors to look and listen, but, most importantly, it wants them to touch. ... This celebration of sharing a book together encourages readers to think more about words and textures.”
School Library Journal - starred review
“The gouache illustrations are playful and bright, and the text is an integral part of the design: a dripping mitten dangles off the end of the word “wet”; a sock and two balls of yarn make up the word “woolly”; and green lichen sprouts from a mossy trail.
A whimsical exploration of imagination.”
Booklist
“The ending brings the energy down to a good place for bedtime. Art and text together are enjoyably quirky. ... As a celebration of the surreal, it excels.”
Kirkus
Insider's Scoop
I was so flattered that Richard Jackson wanted to do a book with me. When I got the manuscript, it took me the longest time to decide which direction the illustrations should go. Finally after weeks of doodling, I read the manuscript aloud and it became obvious that this was a book about the sounds of words. At this point, I begin to think of the words as 3-dimensional. Characters could climb on them, swing from them. They became part of the landscape. It is one of my favorite books ever.
