How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird

Gerstein, Mordecai. 2008. How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird. Ill. by Mordecai Gerstein. Translated from the original poem by Jacques Prevert. New York: Roaring Book Press.


This book is simply beautiful. It deserves a longer post than I have time to make now, so I may come back to it, but for now, to say that How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird is beautiful, joyful, inspirational, and serene will have to suffice. I loved it.