BY
BY
THE BABY WENT FOR A WALK.
“TALK”.
IN THE SQUARE, I CAN SEE MANY FLOWERS NEAR ME.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IS THAT WHITE ONE, HOW NICE IT SMELLS!
MOM SAYS IT'S CALLED JASMINE.
WHAT A WIND! I NEED TO BALANCE
I SEE THE LEAVES SWAYING BACK AND FORTH.
IT EVEN SEEMS THAT THEY PLAY AND DANCE IN THE AIR LIKE A MOTH.
Back and forth is a book about relationships and it was written for babies and toddlers. It shows the relationship of the mother, father, and sister with the protagonist, a baby, and also his relationship with himself and the world around him. Just as in the everyday life of a baby and toddler, where every day something new is discovered, the learning in this story takes place through observing the space, through touch, smell, hearing, tastes, and even balance.
After all, during early childhood, the senses of the baby and small child are very important for their development, as well as the freedom to learn and to live with loved ones amid nature freely, without hindrance.
Back and forth is intended to provide pleasurable reading for the baby and young child, whether it takes place in a school or family situation, mediated by a more experienced reader who establishes the initial relationships between the text and the image, encouraging the reader-listener to establish direct and indirect relationships
between the elements of the narrative and between these and their daily lives. It is a reading that can be done regardless of the time and place, whether it is during a picnic in the park or reading at night before going to bed. It is a book that is also meant to please babies and small children who sit alone or in company to browse through and delight in the book in their hands. A book whose images bring aspects that they encounter in their daily lives, representing urban scenes of Brazil that they are beginning to recognize in its natural and social aspects. Reading through appreciation, which allows them to observe, recognize, and relate, is our greatest joy and the goal we want to achieve.
My name is Jessica and just like our protagonist, I am always on the move. I like to learn new things, see different places, and observe everything around me, as the white jasmine in the garden and the illustrations in a good children's book. I have two children who teach me a lot, Anna Lavinia and Nicolas, who are my greatest inspirations for writing and who are portrayed here in this story, but these characters can also be someone you meet or yourself, after all, it is so good to recognize ourselves in a pleasurable reading!
I have a degree in Languages, I've done an exchange program in England, I finished a master's degree in Portugal and I love children's books, which are my work and also a great source of personal pleasure.
My name is Martina and I illustrated this book with a lot of love for you. I am a self-taught illustrator and musician, and I love to give life to stories like this one, with colors, pencils, and brushes, but what I really love is to know that the books I illustrate will be read by such a special public, the small children with their enchanting gaze, who know how to see grace in the simplest and most everyday things. This is the look that every adult should keep, to always leave free the child he or she carries within!
I live in the countryside of Rio de Janeiro, and from the window of my drawing room I can see birds and thrush.
I hope this book awakens even more – or reminds you – of the importance of the simple things in life, like being happy with the flight of a butterfly and being enchanted with the smell of a flower!
THE BABY LOOKS UP TO THE SKY AND SEES THE BALL RISING; HE FEELS THE PERFUME OF THE FLOWERS IN THE FLOWERBED; WHEN PLAYING IN THE SAND, HE NOTICES THE ROUGH TEXTURE ON HIS LITTLE FEET. HOW NICE IT IS TO SHARE A SWEET FRUIT AND LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF BIRDS! THIS IS WHAT A BABY'S OUTING TO THE LITTLE SQUARE CLOSE TO HOME IS LIKE, AN EXPERIENCE FULL OF DISCOVERIES!
