PAPERBACK · 2026

Paradiso

An illustrated children's book in development, following a small angel across a world of changing light, landscape, and scale.

Discipline
Writing, Illustration
Format
Children's book · in development
Year
2026

A small angel leaves the city above the clouds.

Paradiso is an illustrated children's book in development. The existing sequence moves from a golden city through sea, desert, snow and forest before arriving in a vast grey city below.

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A small golden-haired angel looks toward a bright city above the clouds. The angel loses his footing at the edge of the clouds. The angel falls away from the golden city. A blue whale finds the angel in the sea. The whale brings the angel to a desert shore and a waiting camel. The angel and camel set out across the desert. The travellers reach a palm-lined oasis. The angel and camel pass through a sparse stand of desert trees. The angel rides from warm desert light into a white winter landscape. A polar bear watches the angel and camel crossing the snow. The polar bear raises a paw to greet the travellers. The polar bear carries the angel toward a green forest. The angel rides the polar bear along a forest path. A fox waits for the angel and polar bear among the trees. The angel and fox look toward a distant city. The angel stands at the threshold of the pale city. The small angel walks among grey-clad people in the rain. The angel faces a solitary man against the dark city skyline. The angel lies in a shaft of light on the forest floor.
ROOM: PARADISO