Still Life

<p><strong>London and Zelinsky have created something unendingly fun but also deeply meaningful: Art takes on a life of its own no matter how much the artist thinks the work can be controlled! --Brian Selznick Caldecott Medal</strong>-<strong>winning author of <em>The Invention of Hugo Cabret</em></strong></p><p><strong>A still life painting is a painting where everything is supposed to stay still. But what if it doesn't? Acclaimed author Alex London and Caldecott Medal-winning artist Paul O. Zelinsky bring exquisite life and adventure to this slyly funny and inventive picture book for fans of Christopher Denise's <em>Knight Owl </em>and Corinna Luyken's <em>The Book of Mistakes</em>. </strong></p><p>Every young artist has drawn or painted a still life scene. Perhaps it is a bowl of fruit or a toy or a vase of flowers or a chair. The only rule is that a still life painting must stay <em>still</em>.</p><p>But staying still is hard! Especially for a curious mouse and a hungry dragon and a no-nonsense princess. Will the artist notice that his still life painting is breaking all the rules?</p><p>From award-winning author Alex London and Caldecott Medal-winning artist Paul O. Zelinsky <em>Still Life</em> is a funny subversive and clever picture book that brings a painting to wildly imaginative life. Readers will pore over all the silly and surprising details in the illustrations--which tell a story of daring rescues dashing heroes and found friends. With its inventive humor <em>Still Life</em> is for readers of <em>Battle Bunny </em>and David Ezra Stein's <em>Interrupting Chicken</em>.</p>