Look Up Aya And You Can Reach For The Stars

The book cover for Look Up Aya And You Can Reach For The Stars, set against a cream-colored background. The title is in the top right corner, and the authors Silke & Jeppe Hein and Elisabeth Kiertzner, along with the publisher Hatje Cantz, are listed below. The cover is decorated with sparse, abstract splatters of red and green ink.

An open book showing a two-page spread. The left page has the text Chapter 1 in a flowing script. The right page contains a paragraph of text. A detailed illustration of jagged green leaves runs along the bottom of both pages. The page number 5 is visible in the bottom right corner.

A watercolor and collage illustration shows a purple beetle with large white eyes peeking out from behind green leaves. The beetle looks up towards a large leaf hanging overhead against a blue background. Text on the left reads: Oh, thought the beetle, how good it must be to float up there, all weightless and free.

A two-page spread from an illustrated children's book. On the left, a watercolor painting shows a plump, purple caterpillar with a large eye on a green leaf, above the handwritten text Chapter 3. The right page contains several paragraphs of text for the story. A green, spiky leaf with blue dewdrops sits at the bottom of the spread. The page number 21 is in the bottom right corner.

A two-page spread from a book, pages 30 and 31, featuring a large butterfly at the center. The butterfly's wings are filled with a vibrant, textured pattern of blue, turquoise, and purple. Handwritten cursive text flows around the butterfly, integrated with paragraphs of printed story text on a white background.

A page from a children's book with a block of text on the left side. The page is illustrated in a collage style with large, green, serrated leaves and stems against a cream background, surrounding the text on the top and right. The text tells the story of a creature named Aya hatching from an egg.

A watercolor storybook illustration with a textured purple background. A long line of small orange ants marches along a winding white path. In the foreground, a larger purple and pink ant stands near a block of text containing dialogue from the story.

A two-page spread from a children's book. On the left page is a block of text. The right page features a vibrant, abstract watercolor illustration of a purple beetle-like creature with one large eye, carrying a smaller pink creature on its back through a dreamlike landscape of red, pink, and green washes.

A children's book illustration in a watercolor style. Several blue butterflies with patterned wings fly across a colorful sky painted in soft washes of blue, pink, purple, and yellow, creating a rainbow effect. A white box with black text is positioned in the upper left corner.

A page from a book with a rich blue and purple watercolor background. A text box on the left reads: And then, right at the moment she thought she'd explode, a gentle whisper of a wingbeat made itself heard above the din: Believe! Aya opened her eyes a little, and the words came to her all by themselves: On the right, three paper strips have handwritten text: My guardian angel, keep me from harm in days so bright, in darkest night, until I reach heaven upon your arm. A large wing shape is in the foreground.

A page from an illustrated children's book. On the right, a large butterfly with wings made of blue and speckled watercolor patterns flies above green plants. On the left, a block of text describes the butterfly's joyful flight and a beetle watching from the ground. The background is white with colorful paint splatters.

A children's book page with a watercolor illustration of a shimmering blue and purple cocoon on a green plant stem against a soft yellow and orange background. Adjacent text describes an old beetle watching the cocoon, which has begun to shake and seems ready to burst.

Look Up Aya And You Can Reach For The Stars

€ 24.00

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By (artist): Silke Hein, Jeppe Hein

Illustrated by: Silke & Jeppe Hein

Edited by: Silke & Jeppe Hein

October 2021, 88 Pages

Hardcover

200mm x 255mm

Age: 4+

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5100-1

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG
Mommsenstr. 27
10629 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: contact@hatjecantz.de

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This enchanting volume by an artist couple who are also parents tells a very touching rite of passage story. Jeppe Hein and his wife Silke have teamed up to create a very special kind of picture book. It tells of the multifaceted experiences of the caterpillar Aya and its metamorphosis into a no less multifaceted radiant butterfly. The illustrations bring the story to life: Jeppe Hein's watercolor drawings are congenially and sensitively enhanced by Silke Hein's collages. Areas of color and texture of almost magical depth are created. There is no question that this attractive work is not only just for kids. Images of such sophisticated colorfulness will captivate viewers of all ages and lend wings to their own flights of fancy.

This book is also available in German.

SILKE and JEPPE HEIN (both *1974) have four children together. This first picture book by the artist couple arose from their experiences as a family. At the same time, it is an amalgamation of Jeppe Hein's watercolors and Silke Hein's collages. They live and work in Berlin.