Where the Deer Slip Through
Hardcover – Picture Book, June 3, 2025
Beach Lane Books · Hardcover · June 3, 2025
Two starred reviews! “A visual and auditory delight.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Discover the wonder that wildlife brings to a small woodland farm in this “atmospheric…lilting” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) cumulative picture book with stunning scratchboard illustrations from Caldecott Medalist Beth Krommes.
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- Who it’s for
- A sunrise-to-moonrise picture book lets a small farm come alive through passing wildlife.
- Themes
- Woodland wildlife, Farm life, A summer day
- Pacing
- Steady
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Two starred reviews! “A visual and auditory delight.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Discover the wonder that wildlife brings to a small woodland farm in this “atmospheric…lilting” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) cumulative picture book with stunning scratchboard illustrations from Caldecott Medalist Beth Krommes. This is the hedge that grew and grew. The wall of stone a bit askew.
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This is the gap where the deer slip through, when the sky is still more pink than blue… Throughout the course of a beautiful summer day, from sunrise to moonrise, a host of animals find their way through a gap in the hedge, bringing the farm to life.
A Day in Nature
A sunrise-to-moonrise picture book lets a small farm come alive through passing wildlife.
Come here for
- A gentle wildlife-filled journey from dawn toward moonrise
- The small, vivid details of a woodland farm
Expect
- Cumulative verse with animals slipping through a hedge gap
- Scratchboard illustrations by Beth Krommes
Where it sits
| Poetry | 44% |
|---|---|
| Deer, Moose & Caribou | 38% |
| Stories in Verse | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Deer, Moose & Caribou
- Imagination & Play
- Stories in Verse
- Authors
- Katey Howes
- Publisher
- Beach Lane Books
- Published
- June 3, 2025
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Woodland wildlife · Farm life · A summer day
- Reading lane
- Deer, Moose & Caribou