You Are Light
(a Whimsical Interactive Oversized Board Book for Babies, Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Kids Ages 2-5 Exploring Color and Visual Wonder)
Candlewick Press · Print & ebook · March 26, 2019
With a wondrously simple die-cut book, the Caldecott Honor–winning creator of the Journey trilogy brings his talents further into the light.
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- Who it’s for
- A spare, luminous book turns the everyday work of light into a small visual wonder.
- Themes
- Light and color, Nature’s water cycle, Growth and life
- Pacing
- Reflective
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With a wondrously simple die-cut book, the Caldecott Honor–winning creator of the Journey trilogy brings his talents further into the light. This is the light that brings the day. Open this beautiful book to find a graphic yellow sun surrounded by a halo of bright die-cut circles. Now hold the page up to the light and enjoy the transformation as the colors in those circles glow.
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In an elegant, sparely narrated ode to the phenomenon of light, Aaron Becker follows as light reflects off the earth to warm our faces, draws up the sea to make the rain, feeds all the things that grow, and helps to create all the brilliant wonders of the world, including ourselves.
Light in Color
A spare, luminous book turns the everyday work of light into a small visual wonder.
Come here for
- Die-cut circles that glow when you hold the page to the light
- A gentle journey from sunlight to rain, growth, and the world around us
Expect
- Spare narration paired with bold, simple images
- An invitation to notice how light shapes ordinary wonders
Where it sits
| Art & Architecture | 31% |
|---|---|
| Nature & Wildlife | 26% |
| Poetry | 25% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Color Books
- Nature & Wildlife
- Self-Esteem & Resilience
- Authors
- Aaron Becker
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- March 26, 2019
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Light and color · Nature’s water cycle · Growth and life
- Reading lane
- Color Books