{"title":"Maggie Umber","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelve into the heartwarming and whimsical world of Maggie Umber. Perfect for young readers seeking enchanting adventures filled with magic, friendship, and delightful discoveries. Start your journey today!\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"270-book-maggie-umber-9781937541460","title":"270","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49655138451729,"sku":"GOR013198636","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50478853718289,"sku":"GOR013794760","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1937541460.jpg?v=1751028807"},{"product_id":"sound-of-snow-falling-book-maggie-umber-9781937541149","title":"Sound of Snow Falling","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA paint and paper documentary, observing great horned owls in their natural habitat.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMesmerizing is the only word that works to describe Maggie Umber's new graphic novel \u003ci\u003eSound of Snow Falling\u003c\/i\u003e. Well, enchanting works too. As in nature, the more you look, the more you see. A third viewing reveals story lines I'd missed in the first two. Umber's minimalist paintings manage to convey, in three colors, the beauty, ferocity, devotion, and sheer heart of a pair of great horned owls bringing three chicks into the world. I'm taken by the economy of line and rightness of gesture in these deceptively simple paintings.-- \u003cb\u003eJulie Zickefoose, author \u0026amp; illustrator of \u003ci\u003eBaby Birds: An Artist Looks Into the Nest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLetters from Eden: A Year at Home, In the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUmber beautifully uses comic form to take the reader through intimate movements in nature-- \u003cb\u003eAidan Koch, author of \u003ci\u003eAfter Nothing Comes\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaggie Umber's work is simultaneously a breathless, quiet stretch and an enormous, orchestral voice. I don't know anyone else who can create such volume through silence.-- \u003cb\u003eSarah Ferrick, author of \u003ci\u003eYours\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSound of Snow Falling is a graphic novel done in a poetic documentary mode. In this unique work, the reader becomes a voyeur of the natural world, following a great horned owl family through the dead of winter. Extensively researched and expressively painted, \u003ci\u003eSound of Snow Falling\u003c\/i\u003e is a triumph of the comics form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e Maggie Umber \u003c\/b\u003e is a cartoonist and associate publisher at 2dcloud. \u003ci\u003eSound of Snow Falling\u003c\/i\u003e is her second graphic novella.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50658628665617,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50658629058833,"sku":"GOR014027135","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1937541142.jpg?v=1750932111"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-maggie-umber.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}