Time Is a Flower
Hardcover – Picture Book, September 21, 2021
Tundra · Hardcover · September 21, 2021
A playful and poignant exploration of the nature of time through the eyes of a child from acclaimed author/illustrator Julie Morstad.
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- Who it’s for
- A child’s-eye meditation makes time feel as vivid as a flower opening or a sunbeam shifting.
- Themes
- The nature of time, Time in everyday experiences, Childhood and the passage of time
- Pacing
- Reflective
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A playful and poignant exploration of the nature of time through the eyes of a child from acclaimed author/illustrator Julie Morstad. What is time? Is it the tick tick tock of a clock, numbers and words on a calendar? It's that, but so much more. Time is a seed waiting to grow, a flower blooming, a sunbeam moving across a room. Time is slow like a spider spinning her web or fast like a wave at the beach.
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Time is a wiggly tooth, or waiting for the school bell to ring, or reading a story . . . or three! But time is also morning for some and night for others, a fading sunset and a memory captured in a photo taken long ago. In this magical meditation on the nature of time, Julie Morstad shines a joyful light on a difficult-to-grasp concept for young readers and reminds older readers to see the wonders of our world, including children themselves, through the lens of time.
Time in Bloom
A child’s-eye meditation makes time feel as vivid as a flower opening or a sunbeam shifting.
Come here for
- A playful way to wonder about an elusive idea
- Small natural details with room for reflection
Expect
- A joyful, layered picture-book meditation
- Time seen through everyday moments and the natural world
Where it sits
| Dates & Time | 62% |
|---|---|
| Poetry | 38% |
| Art & Architecture | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Dates & Time
- Nature & Wildlife
- Imagination & Play
- Authors
- Julie Morstad
- Publisher
- Tundra
- Published
- September 21, 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- The nature of time · Time in everyday experiences · Childhood and the passage of time
- Reading lane
- Dates & Time