Even though, this book is categorized as a children's book, it is timeless and ageless because the underlying theme of the book is love; teaches children at a very early age of the positive effect love has in their everyday lives. This beautifully, delicately and highly sensitively illustrated book shows the exquisite taste and inner joy of the love the artist has toward the world. It wakes up feelings inside when staring at the elegant artwork. So mush detail, time, and care into each page! The illustrations and text are etchings made on individual cooper plates where a needle is used to draw into wax ground applied over the copper plate. The plate is then submerged in acid bath which bites only into the exposed parts of the metal surface. The wax is removed, ink is forced into the etched depressions, the unetched surfaces are wiped, and an impression is printed with a special printing press. After the print is produced, the artist water colors each print by hand. The style appeals not only to the eyes, but also to the feelings inside the heart. It seems to calm and comfort, while bringing up feelings of excitement and wonder... Time to start exploring and to make this a better world for everyone in it. Vartouhi Pinkston was born in New York City in 1973. From very early age she exhibited a unique talent in painting which enabled her to win her first art contest at the age of five. As a child she was a student of the famed New York artist Anahid Janjigian. Vartouhi spent her first years of schooling at Holy Martyrs Armenian School in Bayside, Queens, where her artistic talents were nurtured and greatly encouraged. In 1991 she graduated the H.S. of Art & Design in Manhattan majoring Illustration and Fashion Illustration. Vartouhi continued at the famous Art Students League in Manhattan specializing printmaking. The artist is the recipient of numerous prestigious art awards and her work is admired and sold in the United States and countries throughout the world. In 2009 Vartouhi wrote and illustrated her first children's book "Princess, one day you're gonna move mountains". After enormous success, the following year her second book "The Creation of a Survival Guide" was published, followed by her third book "Breastmilk, Please" in 2011. These three books are amazing: poetically written with great sensitivity and wonderfully illustrated with the artist's original cooper-etchings, and can be enjoyed by the entire family. Used Book in Good Condition