Page 1 - Ice Cycle: Poems about the Life of Ice

$19.99 USA

MARIA GIANFERRARI thinks
ice is nice. After seeing
editor Carol Hinz’s feathery GIANFERRARI / CHEN
frost photos on Instagram,
she was inspired to find out
more. During her research,
Maria was amazed by all
the diverse kinds of ice that exist, and this
book was born. Her favorite form is pancake
ice. Maria lives in Massachusetts with her Temperatures dive.
family, where winters usually bring ice
and snow. www.mariagianferrari.com Ice comes alive.

JIETING CHEN is an Discover an astonishing variety
illustrator, animator, and of ice! Poems feature floebergs,
designer. Her illustrations
are strongly influenced by frazil, cat ice, brinicles, and
Oriental paintings, and she much more. Explore ice on land
approaches her work with a ICE CYCLE POEMS ABOUT THE LIFE OF ICE
delicate and sensitive point and at sea as it creaks and
of view. Since her childhood, her favorite cracks, snarls and snaps.
form of ice has been dripping icicles. She
even tasted one when she was young—and
of course it tasted like ice. But she loved it! Art meets science in this
She lives in New York with her wife and
their cat. www.jietingchen.com evocative poetry collection by
author Maria Gianferrari and

illustrator Jieting Chen.

Jacket illustrations © 2022 by Jieting Chen

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