All About Nothing
By Elizabeth Rusch
Illustrated by Elizabeth Goss
By Elizabeth Rusch
Illustrated by Elizabeth Goss
By Elizabeth Rusch
Illustrated by Elizabeth Goss
By Elizabeth Rusch
Illustrated by Elizabeth Goss
Part of All About Noticing
Part of All About Noticing
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$17.99
Apr 04, 2023 | ISBN 9781623543525 | 4-8 years
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Apr 04, 2023 | ISBN 9781632893222 | 4-8 years
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Praise
Rusch’s thought-provoking text begins: “Nothing is the space around and between everything.” The presence of nothing, cued by plain white areas in the cut-paper illustrations, appears first as physical space: the gap where a tooth once sat, the expanse between stars in the sky, the space for a missing puzzle piece. Important, too, is nothing as temporal space: the moment before a leap of faith or a bit of spare time in one’s day. Even in music, room for nothing fosters beauty: “For what is a song without some silence?” There can be, of course, too much or too little of nothing. On these spreads in particular, Goss’s use of color and space makes a strong emotional impact: a queasy-green child sandwiched between tightly packed adults in a crowd finds “too little” of nothing, while a blue-hued child sulks surrounded by “too much” of nothing amid a stark white double-page spread. Wherever nothing is found, there is space for something to unfurl. Goss’s intricate illustrations visually articulate the importance of nothing, or negative space, as discussed in the back matter. A striking call for young children and aspiring artists alike, the story sets out to prove that “nothing” matters, after all.
—The Horn Book
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