{"id":15099,"date":"2026-04-30T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=15099"},"modified":"2026-04-30T10:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:32:19","slug":"z-is-zuzanna-celej-illustrating-the-vase-with-the-golden-cracks-by-fran-nuno-picturebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=15099","title":{"rendered":"Z is Zuzanna Celej illustrating THE VASE WITH THE GOLDEN CRACKS by Fran Nuno (Picturebook) #A2Z"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the vase were the words,
in the words were the meanings,
in those meanings is the story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His father kept Japanese words in a beautiful vase, words whose meanings didn’t exist in other languages, and would read a new one to him every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The boy’s favorite was ikigai, referring to our mission in life, “the one that makes us wake up every day with joy.” (pg. 7)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day, the boy accidentally breaks the vase, his father mends it, and the word-filled vase is more beautiful than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lovely addition to this story of why its author became a writer is the list of other words kept in the vase and their meanings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book is printed on “Stone Paper” which isn’t made from trees (https:\/\/www.cuentodeluz.com\/pages\/stone-paper-2<\/a>) so its pages turn with a weighty yet fluid feel unlike most picturebooks’ shiny color-printed paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What word with special meaning would you add to your vase?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: The Vase With the Golden Cracks \/ Fran Nuno; illustrated by Zuzanna Celej; translated by Jon Brokenbow. Cuento de Luz, 2024. [author site, in Spanish https:\/\/www.frannuno.es\/BIOGRAF-A\/<\/a>] [illustrator info https:\/\/theplumagency.com\/illustrators\/zuzanna_celej<\/a>] [publisher site https:\/\/www.cuentodeluz.com\/products\/9788419464958?_pos=1&_sid=32c21897a&_ss=r<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher, via Publisher Spotlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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