wild ones
and tame,
living and breathing all
around you.
Muscles are growing,
cities are growing.
Cuts and broken bones
are sewing up and healing."
This peaceful meditative book follows up on the success of the first book from this team - Windows (2017). Using reading as the focus for the thoughtful text, our first glimpse (on the title page) is of four children quietly contemplating their world. An older child reads Here and Now to a little one; another watches an airplane fly overhead while the fourth child pays close attention to the flower being held. Turn the page:
"Right here,
right now,
you are reading this book."
Serene images follow from to page as the reader visits those children already presented in a variety of settings. Their quiet activities point to the beauty and peace that surrounds each one. It begins in the home and moves out beyond that. Simple text encourages paying attention to each particular moment. The reader is tasked with thinking about the greater world and all that is happening there.
"And under ALL of those things is the Earth:
the grass and the dirt,
the earthworms and the fossils,
the rocks."
In the end, the words circle back to the reader.
Mixed media artwork pays a lovely compliment to the poetic words. Changing perspectives move the reader from one thought to the next, always making meaningful connections. Many things are happening in the world ... all at one time. Lovely!
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