On the Move
Things in Motion on Earth and Beyond
Published on 17. July 2025
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-1-59270-414-9 (ISBN)
Description
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 Moveis 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!
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 Moveis 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!
Reviews / Votes
STARRED REVIEW! ? "In a wide-angle, graphically inspired picture book originally published in Ukraine, Romanyshyn and Lesiv combine history with meditative insights on the theme of movement. Paired to propulsive, minimalist scenes that combine simplified images of many-wheeled, winged, and floating objects with horizontal lines, arrows, and other iconography indicating progressions in various directions at increasing speeds, the spare narrative points to technological highlights, from prehistoric foot coverings to modern spacecraft... For all its brevity, this title provides a profound exploration of the fundamental notion that everything moves." * Booklist * "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... The action-packed graphics themselves nearly spill off the page, and the italicized text seems to be in perpetual motion... One figure recurs-reminiscent of the Belgian cartoon character Tintin. Sophisticated graphics, laden with information." * Kirkus Reviews * "This high level concept book takes a very broad look at the idea of motion using gorgeous, infographic-style artwork to convey copious amounts of material... The dual level text, poetic ruminations in all black caps supplemented by in depth information in a precise blue font, make it possible to enjoy the book as a dreamy read aloud or to dive into more detail as the various topics tickle individual interests... I really enjoyed reading this truly unique book." * Youth Services Book Reviews *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From First Grade to Fourth Grade, Interest Age: From 6 to 9 years
Illustrations
Full-color illustrations throughout
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 307 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59270-414-9 (9781592704149)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
05/2025
Enchanted Lion
€17.49
Available for download
Persons
Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv are a husband-and-wife team of artists who collaborate on books and other projects through their art studio Agrafka. They were both born in Ukraine in 1984 and studied at the Lviv Art College of Decorative and Applied Art. The pair have been members of PEN Ukraine since 2019 and live and work in Lviv, Ukraine. Their picture book How War Changed Rondo, also published by Enchanted Lion, was a Kirkus Best Book of 2021, a USBBY Outstanding International Book of 2022, and a Bank Street College of Education Best Book of 2022. Oksana Lushchevska is a Ukrainian writer and translator. She is the author of over 40 children's and young adult books, which have received several Ukrainian children's literature awards and have been included in the White Ravens Catalog and shortlisted for the BBC Ukraine Children's Book Award. Oksana has a PhD in education and previously taught children's literature courses at the University of Georgia. Now, she lives in Pennsylvania and is both an author and a children's literature consultant.