Synopsis
Newbery Medal winner Cynthia Rylant's poetic text, alongside Nikki McClure's stunning, meticulously crafted cut-paper art, makes this picture book not only timeless but appealing to all ages, from one to one hundred. An inspiring picture book from dream team - Newbery medal winner Cynthia Rylant and Abrams illustrator and stationery impresario Nikki McClure. "A day is a perfect piece of time" begins this lovely text, which goes to illuminate all the things a day offers - the opportunities and the chances that won't ever come again as well as a gentle message of good stewardship of our planet.
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About the Author
Cynthia Rylant is the author of over a hundred books for children. She won the Newbery Medal for MISSING MAY and the Newbery Honor for A FINE WHITE DUST. Nikki McClure is a self-taught artist who has been making paper-cuts since 1996. She is the author of Abrams' COLLECT RAINDROPS, MAMA, IS IT SUMMER YET? and TO MARKET, TO MARKET.
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*Starred Review* The word “lovely” gets tossed around, but it seems to fit both the words and the art of this ode to the day. Rylant, whose talent has many sides, here turns to her inner poet as she asks children to look at a day in new ways: “a perfect piece of time to live a life, / to plant a seed.” As she takes readers through the day of a farm boy who feeds his chickens and checks his plants, she reminds children that a day can bring hope and kindness: “You can make a wish, / and start again.” And while a day might bring rain, that very shower could teach you how to dance. She tells children what even adults should always keep in mind: “The past is sailing off to sea, / the future’s fast asleep. / A day is all you have to be, / it’s all you get to keep.” Matching Rylant’s warm words is McClure’s amazing artwork. At first glance, the bold figures in black and white set against pure gold or sky-blue backgrounds seem to be woodcuts, but they are actually a sturdier variant of cut paper. If McClure makes a mistake, she notes, she “just has to keep cutting and find a solution.” Perhaps there were mistakes along the way, but viewers wouldn’t ever know it, and the finished product is a handsome, effective piece of bookmaking that captures the glory of a day and the possibilities it holds. Preschool-Grade 1. --Ilene Cooper
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