"Girls Standing on Lawns" is a unique collaboration between
renowned artist and bestselling children's book author Maira Kalman
and "New York Times" bestselling writer Daniel Handler, better
known as Lemony Snicket. This clever book contains 40 vintage
photographs from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New
York, more than a dozen original paintings by Kalman inspired by
the photographs, and brief, lyrical texts by Handler. Poetic and
thought-provoking, "Girls Standing on Lawns" is a meditation on
memories, childhood, nostalgia, home, family, and the act of
seeing. The gorgeous visual material sets the stage for what
Handler succinctly describes as "a photograph, a painting, a
sentence, a pose." Girls, women, families, and even pets from days
gone by grace the pages, looking out at us, enticing readers to
imagine these people, their lives--and where they have gone.
Praise for "Girls Standing on Lawns"
"Kalman supplements the mostly black-and-white, anonymous, amateur
snapshots with colorful paintings inspired by the photographs.
Handler adds alternately wry, pithy, poignant--and always
succinct--commentary to most spreads, inviting readers to ponder
the people and scenes as well as their own family photos."
--"Booklist"
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