A 2020 Caldecott Honor Book

One of the The New York Times’
Best 25 Children’s Books of 2020

★ “[A] love letter to nature…Lushness without sweetness—wild, darkly romantic, and exquisite.”

—Kirkus Reviews

★ “This gorgeous celebration of nature is a stirring invitation to play.”

—School Library Journal

★ “A moving reminder that nature’s beckoning need not go unrequited.”

—Publishers Weekly

★ “[A] gentle, unpreachy text that conveys the way modern life can be cut off from or blind to nature…Ink and watercolor art is gorgeously luminous.”

—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books