Les riches heures de Jacominus Gainsborough

She is one of the best-known and best-loved French illustrators, while he is a little bunny, delightful and a bit of a philosopher, who comes into the world “with a tumble and a weird paw”. The life of Jacominus Gainsborough is that of someone who has managed to take all life’s happy moments and has lined them up, one next to the other: moments of autumn leaves falling in the park, of rain, of low tide. A tumble, a farewell at the dock, a morning’s greeting in a stone garden. A picnic, an excursion, and the cool shade of an almond tree. That’s it. A life. His. Simple yet moving. A splendid illustrated book that – as in life and in the memory of those who have lived it – contains details like the snapshots in a family album that bring back memories, alternating with much broader visions of the protagonist’s existence. A little challenge for the reader? On every page, the author always portrays all thirty-four characters who accompany our adorable little bunny. Can you find them all? Les riches heures de Jacominus Gainsborough By Rébecca Dautremer Rizzoli, 2018