Beauty Collected: A Captivating ABC Book to Rediscover the Beauty Around You

Description

Would you try a food you knew nothing about? Or would the flowers of your childhood stick asstrongly in your mind if you didn't know what they were called?Vocabulary expands appreciation of our surroundings, and in turn, our language shapes our behavior. By featuring items that can be found in one's own neighborhood (acorns, flowers, herbs) combined with more exotic items (raw turquoise nuggets, wolves' claws, silkworm cocoons) the imagery in A Beauty Collected is both accessible and designed to expand the mind beyond the backyard. Whether the item is a porcupine quill or vanilla pod, the goal is to encourage inquisitiveness: "What is this item? What purpose does it serve? What does it smell or taste like? Where can I find it?"

Rachel Garahan is a creative director, artist, and innate nurturer. In all of her work, she is drawnto what she calls the "elemental connection": the space where nature and the human spiritoverlap. She is the founder of One Part Gypsy, a creative design and consulting agency,and Call of California, a site dedicated to the allure of the west. Children, nature, art, adventure. These have been the running currents throughout her life. Anentrepreneur from a young age, she created a resume through childcare and the arts beforeleaving Vermont at 18 to explore the world for nearly two years on her own. In college shestudied geography, journalism and poetry. After 15 years of working with children, shecommitted full-time to her creative pursuits in 2011. With a strong root in the worlds of natural beauty and wellness, her work is known for beingclean, modern, and sophisticated. Clients include Yoga Journal and Dr. Andrew Weil, and herlifestyle has attracted praise from the likes of Josie Maran and Tata Harper. She is based out of Venice, California where she lives with her husband, son, and two pups. A Beauty Collected is her first book.

"If an illustrated book could create a manifesto of our curiosity, longing, and need for the natural world in our daily living, A Beauty Collected would be it." -Amy Smart, actress "In addition to being just the loveliest thing, older kids really do enjoy it. It has the kind of purified beauty that appeals to a wide range of ages." -Elizabeth Bird, School Library Journal Blogger "A beauty indeed. This is an ABC, from aloe to bougainvillea to coconut and beyond. Each page has exquisite photos of elements of the natural world, some familiar, some perhaps new additions to a child's vocabulary. But this is a book for any age to bask in the amazing stuff of nature told in lovely rhyme." -ThisPictureBookLife.com