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Penguins and Other Seabirds by Matt Sewell
This is an adorable book I finished recently, the title is self explanatory.
The book is a quick read, only 128 pages with about 47 different birds illustrated inside, each getting their very own page devoted to them with a fun description to boot.
I want to reccomend it for 2 reasons.
1. The way Matt Sewell describes each birds is very personal. Why is this particular bird so endearing to him? He's glad you asked, dear reader. But don't think the book is about Matt Sewell, he manages to gush about his own feelings for the birds without making it about himself, so what you get are these very cute explanations radiating love. As if he is trying to personally share with you these wonderful birds and how lovable they really are.
2. Matt Sewell's art is adorable. Really really adorable. Cartoony birds painted with these rich glowing watercolors, and Matt's use of granulation helps the otherwise flat-ish looking birds look somewhat 3 dimensional. And the linework is amazing!
At the end of a book is a checklist containing each bird and its illustration from the book. This is so you can use it as a handy guide when you're out on the field doing some seabird watching! I'll keep this on me in case I ever move to the South Pole. It was nice to read about some of my favorite birds again like the emperor penguin and the yellowed eye penguin, I did appreciate the book giving me new reasons to love other birds like the chinstrap penguin, I also enjoyed the new birds I learned about here like the little dovekie!
To put into perspective how much cuteness there is, I told myself I'd only bookmark the pages with art I found to be peak cute.
I bookmarked every single page.
The book is a quick read, only 128 pages with about 47 different birds illustrated inside, each getting their very own page devoted to them with a fun description to boot.
I want to reccomend it for 2 reasons.
1. The way Matt Sewell describes each birds is very personal. Why is this particular bird so endearing to him? He's glad you asked, dear reader. But don't think the book is about Matt Sewell, he manages to gush about his own feelings for the birds without making it about himself, so what you get are these very cute explanations radiating love. As if he is trying to personally share with you these wonderful birds and how lovable they really are.
2. Matt Sewell's art is adorable. Really really adorable. Cartoony birds painted with these rich glowing watercolors, and Matt's use of granulation helps the otherwise flat-ish looking birds look somewhat 3 dimensional. And the linework is amazing!
At the end of a book is a checklist containing each bird and its illustration from the book. This is so you can use it as a handy guide when you're out on the field doing some seabird watching! I'll keep this on me in case I ever move to the South Pole. It was nice to read about some of my favorite birds again like the emperor penguin and the yellowed eye penguin, I did appreciate the book giving me new reasons to love other birds like the chinstrap penguin, I also enjoyed the new birds I learned about here like the little dovekie!
To put into perspective how much cuteness there is, I told myself I'd only bookmark the pages with art I found to be peak cute.
I bookmarked every single page.