Dutch artist Octavie Wolters creates an awe-invoking meditation with This Will Last Forever, an oversized yet minimalist picture book for adults translated by Michele Hutchison. Printed on thick, matte paper, the book features striking linocuts of birds on the right-hand pages (mostly with black, white, and primary colors), and a seasonal musing or memory on the left. The book progresses through each month of the year this way. The contemplative writing, reminiscent of Mary Oliver's, evokes the beauty and simplicity of nature, and includes an encounter or observation of the creatures Wolters captures in her art. For instance, in October's section, she writes, "The field looks woolly in the low sun, the edge of the forest still dark, the hill soft and undulating." And after an imagined conversation with a bird, she writes, "We stand there for a while, the magpie in the tree and me. The sun is creeping toward its highest point for the day, the dew has evaporated, the gold has migrated to the forest edge." --Nina Semczuk, writer, editor, and illustrator