Wisp

Wisp tells the tale of a man who lives an orderly and predictable life. That is, until one spring day when something unexpected blows into town. Author and illustrator Annika Rodrigues offers Wisp as a story of hope and fresh air in a turbulent time. As a new mother on the eve of the COVID pandemic, she seeks to capture the feelings of loss, indignance, and gradual acceptance of dramatic change to everyday life. Written as a short poem, each page is filled with illustrations interwoven with photos of carefully-arranged leaves and blossoms gathered at the family farm where the author quarantined that spring.