Stonecutter - Hardcover

Praise for "Stonecutter" "A thoughtful and straightforward look at a man who travels to find out that what he really wants to be is exactly what he is, "Stonecutter" is a smart book for high school and college graduates. Muth's Zen-like black and white brushstrokes are powerful, while Kuramoto's traditional Japanese folklore stays with the reader long after the book wears out. "Stonecutter" would also be a moving gift for a professional forced to take a lower paying job." --Copley News Service Praise for Jon J Muth: "Moral without being moralistic, the tale sends a simple and direct message unfreighted by pomp or pedantry. Muth's art is as carefully distilled as his prose. A series of misty, evocative watercolors in muted tones suggests the figures and their changing relationships to the landscape." --"Publishers Weekly," review of "The Three Questions" ." . . Both an accessible, strikingly illustrated story and a thought-provoking meditation. Here Muth incorporates short Buddhist tales. . . . the peaceful, uncluttered pictures, like the story itself, will encourage children to dream and fill in their own answers." --"Booklist," starred review of "Zen Shorts" Praise for Jon J Muth: "Moral without being moralistic, the tale sends a simple and direct message unfreighted by pomp or pedantry. Muth's art is as carefully distilled as his prose. A series of misty, evocative watercolors in muted tones suggests the figures and their changing relationships to the landscape."--"Publishers Weekly," review of "The Three Questions" "" ." . . Both an accessible, strikingly illustrated story and a thought-provoking meditation. Here Muth incorporates short Buddhist tales. . . . the peaceful, uncluttered pictures, like the story itself, will encourage children to dream and fill in their own answers."--"Booklist," starred review of "Zen Shorts" Praise for Jon J Muth: "Moral without being moralistic, the tale sends a simple and direct message unfreighted by pomp or pedantry. Muth's art is as carefully distilled as his prose. A series of misty, evocative watercolors in muted tones suggests the figures and their changing relationships to the landscape."-"Publishers Weekly", review of "The Three Questions" "" ". . . Both an accessible, strikingly illustrated story and a thought-provoking meditation. Here Muth incorporates short Buddhist tales. . . . the peaceful, uncluttered pictures, like the story itself, will encourage children to dream and fill in their own answers."-"Booklist", starred review of "Zen Shorts" Praise for Jon J Muth: "Moral without being moralistic, the tale sends a simple and direct message unfreighted by pomp or pedantry. Muth's art is as carefully distilled as his prose. A series of misty, evocative watercolors in muted tones suggests the figures and their changing relationships to the landscape."--"Publishers Weekly," review of "The Three Questions" "" ." . . Both an accessible, strikingly illustrated story and a thought-provoking meditation. Here Muth incorporates short Buddhist tales. . . . the peaceful, uncluttered pictures, like the story itself, will encourage children to dream and fill in their own answers."--"Booklist," starred review of "Zen Shorts"

JON J MUTH has written and illustrated many acclaimed picture books including his Caldecott Honor title, "Zen Shorts," which "Kirkus" proclaimed, "As perfect a picture as can be"; and "The Three Questions," which the "New York Times Book Review" called "quietly life-changing." His newest book, "Zen Ties," debuted this spring and immediately landed on the "New York Times" bestseller list. He lives in New York State with his wife and four children. JOHN KURAMOTO has collaborated on the text for many comic books and graphic novels, including "The Crow." He lives in New York State.