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Spying a ship along the shore, young Virgilio climbs aboard and embarks on an adventure at sea, sailing past the bright lights of New York City into parts unknown. A swirling storm whisks him away to strange waters where he encounters a host of sea life and mythical creatures, some friendly, others frightening. When his ship sinks, he dives down to the deepest depths and dances with the dead -- only to make his escape and swim back to the known world. Mia Wolff's rhyming verses and dazzling watercolors add a touch of wonder and whimsy to this warm-hearted fable. Readers of all ages with a sense of adventure will be enchanted from its first page to the last.

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Mia Wolff's elegiac depiction of a young man's journey takes us in a sequence of gentle paintings and rhymes above and beneath the water and into dreams.--Neil Gaiman Mia Wolff 's Above and Below: The Voyages of Virgilio shines with beauty, wisdom and generosity of spirit.--Jim Woodring

"""Mia Wolff's elegiac depiction of a young man's journey takes us in a sequence of gentle paintings and rhymes above and beneath the water and into dreams.""--Neil Gaiman ""Mia Wolff 's Above and Below: The Voyages of Virgilio shines with beauty, wisdom and generosity of spirit.""--Jim Woodring"

""Mia Wolff's elegiac depiction of a young man's journey takes us in a sequence of gentle paintings and rhymes above and beneath the water and into dreams.""--Neil Gaiman ""Mia Wolff 's Above and Below: The Voyages of Virgilio shines with beauty, wisdom and generosity of spirit.""--Jim Woodring

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Mia Wolff grew up drawing, reading, and climbing trees before arriving at Pratt Institute to study painting. From there she joined the Big Apple Circus, subsequently going on the road with a three ring show as the catcher in a double trapeze act. Returning to NYC, she went back to painting (wolffland.com) and making books (Catcher, Bread & Wine, Eye Feed). Her latest, The Empty Lot (2024), is a long monograph/graphic novel that is akin to an operatic roller coaster in paint and ink. She currently lives in Brooklyn.

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