One of artist Marc Chagall's most enduring paintings is the basis for this beautifully crafted children's book that tells an enchanting story.
This book tells the story of the postman Zephyr, who lives in a little blue village in the mountains where nothing ever changes. A dreamer hoping for adventures, he travels on a cloud, embarking on a fantastic airborne journey that takes him to distant and colorful lands. Eventually Zephyr falls to earth and meets a beautiful young woman. Together they return to the postman's home village which is now transformed in Zephyr's eyes and begin their...

Henri Matisse's massive and joyous cutout work, The Parakeet and the Mermaid, is the basis for this delightful children's book about the unlikely friendship between a mermaid and a parakeet. Henri Matisse once said, -What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity, devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter.- It's no wonder his works are loved by children everywhere. In this charming book, Vanessa Hie and Veronique Massenot create a world based on Matisse's vision, in which a mermaid is thrust out of the sea by a massive storm. Stranded in a tree, not knowing how she can...