Listen! Listen!

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Paul Rand and his wife, Ann, wrote this book for their daughter, Catherine, to explain the interplay of sound and color. Paul’s distinctive papercut illustrations of bold shapes and bursts of color beautifully complement Ann’s rhythmic text, encouraging children to listen and repeat noises they hear every day: the “blop” of a raindrop, the “wham!” of a shutting door, the whisper of the wind in the trees, and the “crunch crunch” of buttered toast.Ann Rand (1918-2012) trained as an architect under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and is the author of several childrenÕs books, including What Can I Be?, Little 1, Sparkle and Spin, and I Know a Lot of Things.

Paul Rand (1914-1996) was one of the most influential American graphic designers of the twentieth century. In addition to teaching graphic design at Yale for nearly thirty years, he also designed the iconic logos for ABC, IBM, and UPS.“Paul Rand designed and illustrated four children’s books with his wife, Ann Rand, as author. My favorite, for the carefree energy of its illustration and the intelligence of its story, is Listen! Listen! The casual yet deliberate use of drawing and collage reveals Rand at his intuitive comedic best. Each spread is a Paul Klee homage in Rand’s signature style.” —Steven Heller, Print magazine“Ann Rand’s warmhearted verses wink at Paul Rand’s unmistakable primary colors and collage-driven illustrations to extend an openhanded invitation to attentiveness and attunement with the living world.” —Brain Pickings

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