IBBY Honour List 2022: “Isabel’s family has very little money and their home is cold – ice patterns lace the inside of the windows – but they are happy. Because they can no longer pay the rent, they have to move to a tower block on the other side of the city. What little colour there was in Isabel’s life drains out of it. No-one sees her, but she sees others, the other invisible people: the homeless, the immigrants, the elderly. By doing small things to help them, she creates colour and a new sense of community. The Invisible is a stunning and important picture book with illustrations that vividly and movingly evoke the impact of poverty and deprivation and the power of small acts of kindness. The muted greys denoting invisibility are overtaken by vibrancy and brightness.”