Ballad

*Ballad* is a story, and like all great stories it deepens with each retelling. *Ballad* builds over seven sequences. The first has three images: school, path, home. The next builds upon the first, giving us: school, street, path, forest, home. The next five sequences take up this story, but with new words and images that nearly double the previous sequence. Here a child encounters the world as he returns home from school, and we see his small world become enormous. This story is as old as the world. It happens every day. **Blexbolex** is a bold, highly talented graphic artist. In addition to creating comics, he's been internationally acclaimed for *Seasons*, selected as a 2012 *New York Times Book Review* Best Illustrated Book of the Year; and *People*.