Robert neubecker empathy images
Ink drawings mounted on canvas..
Published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2019. Katherine Harrison, ED. Sarah Hokanson, AD.
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Favorites from '23, Science Magazine.
Just out. From Kirkus: A paean to air-traffic controllers, bus mechanics, subway signal maintainers, and the other support personnel who ensure that transportation systems work.
Snappy rhyming verse introduces the question: “Who guides floating fleets with ease / and water-travel expertise?
/ Who checks weather, minds the clocks, / brings the ferry in to docks?” A car ferry, yacht, fishing boat, container ship, and more—even a green submarine with yellow polka dots—crowd the waters in a representative double-page spread.
With the turn of the page, readers see the answer, rendered in jaunty, blocky lettering: “IT’S NOT JUST THE CAPTAIN!” The verse continues, detailing the work of the land-based dispatchers, who sit in an office on the wharf labeled “Harbormaster” as the ferry pulls in to its berth.
Support crews for buses, trucks, subways, trains, and planes are also introduced, with Neu