On the Move: Things in Motion on Earth and Beyond [Forthcoming!]

On the Move: Things in Motion on Earth and Beyond [Forthcoming!]

$19.99

OUT MAY 20, 2025! Please note that due to shipping costs, all the books included in the same order as On the Move will ship together, in May 2025.

Written & illustrated by Romana Romanyshyn & Andriy Lesiv
Translated from Ukrainian by Oksana Luschevska

Eye-catching, informative, and offering hours of fun, On the Move is the perfect nonfiction book about motion in all its forms, from a pair of Ukraine’s leading contemporary artists.

When was the first shoe invented? What's the longest distance an animal has ever traveled? How does time travel work? All these questions—and more!—are answered in On the Move, a dazzling illustrated book that explores movement through a variety of lenses, from geography to anthropology, tourism, adventuring, physics, and everything in between.

Perfect for children and parents, teachers and librarians, and anyone curious to learn about the way things work, On the Move is brimming with fascinating facts and thought-provoking reflections about how people, animals, and the elements move around, both throughout history and to this day. It's also an excellent book for artists and designers who are interested in composition and the spatial arrangement of information—with bold graphic design and vivid Pantone colors that burst off the page!

ISBN: 978-1-59270-414-9 • 311 mm (W) x 223 mm (H) • 64 pages • HCJ

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REVIEWS

"Good for whetting young appetites, highlighting different areas kids can pursue and look more deeply into." —Betsy Bird, A Fuse #8 Production (A School Library Journal blog)

“In this Ukrainian import, husband-and-wife team Romanyshyn and Lesiv use bright, retro infographics to examine the concept of movement… A wide range of information follows, encompassing the invention of the wheel 6,000 years ago, ancient paths traveled for trade and pilgrimages, forms of exploration (space and seafaring), a consideration of time travel, and much-needed advice to ‘rest and reflect’ by writing in one’s travelogue… Vocabulary definitions abound: nomad, brachiation, immigrant, and refugee. The action-packed graphics themselves nearly spill off the page, and the italicized text seems to be in perpetual motion. The generally faceless humans vary in skin tone (some are more fancifully hued); one figure recurs—a pale-faced character with a single curly hair, reminiscent of the Belgian cartoon character Tintin. Sophisticated graphics, laden with information.” Kirkus Reviews