I’m not just a book, but a hidden treasure! In your hands, I become a bird, a planet, a dream, a wish... As you read the words, watch forms take on a magical appearance.
Unfold me to find everything you can imagine! An original interactive book, with text and illustrations by Angeliki Malakasioti, focused on promoting reading and aimed at both young and older children.
The book that the reader holds transforms into a series of other fantastic objects through language, thus speaking about the magical condition of reading.
Angeliki Malakasioti, coming from the academic field, attempts a modern approach to promoting reading, through a new proposition of aesthetics and creation in the realm of Greek children's literature influenced by the graphic arts.
Young and old –parents and educators– can gather around a book with poetic language that simultaneously turns into a "workbook" that aims to contribute practically to engagement with the printed world, showcasing the possibilities and benefits of reading, and transmitting the magical power of books.
The creator of the edition, with a rhyming and interactive narrative, encourages the child to interact with the book in various ways: folding, flipping, crumpling, whispering, or spinning, transforming it into a bird, orchestra, landscape, hiding place, wind, sky, etc.
Its two-tone minimalist illustrations, which incorporate elements of graphic design –simple lines, outlines, and patterns– aim to enhance the child's imagination as well as the element of communication between reader and text, emphasizing the aspect of interaction.
