From the New York Times best-selling author behind The Quiet Book comes a mindful contemplation on the many ways nature affects our everyday lives.
Outside is waiting, the most patient playmate of all. The most generous friend. The most miraculous inventor. This thought-provoking picture book poetically underscores our powerful and enduring connection with nature, not so easily obscured by lives spent indoors.
Rhythmic, powerful language shows us how our world is made and the many ways Outside comes in to help and heal us, and reminds us that we are all part of a much greater universe. Emotive illustrations evoke the beauty, simplicity, and wonder that await us all... outside.
"'Once we were part of Outside and Outside was part of us,' opens the text. The premise that nowadays humans sometimes forget about Outside is belied so thoroughly and passionately by the illustrations that it barely registers — which works just fine in this love letter to nature.... Derby uses watercolors, powdered graphite, and thread or flower stems soaked in ink to paint full-bleed scenes bursting with dampness and leaves, branches and sticks, and qualities of light so various that they evoke different seasons and different weathers all at once." — Kirkus Reviews
Recommended Age | 4 - 8 |
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Author | Deborah Underwood |
Illustrator | Cindy Derby |
ISBN | 1328866823 |
Publication Date | Apr 14, 2020 |
Publisher | HMH Books for Young Readers |
Language | English |