A Cozy Summer Day
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- $85.00
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- $85.00
Descripción editorial
New York Times bestselling author Eliza Wheeler’s companion to A Cozy Winter Day welcomes readers into sun-dappled scenes of a cozy summer in Acorn Village, bringing the joys of summertime to refreshingly vivid life.
The animals of Acorn Village love spending summer days together. As soon as the sun comes up, they slip into shorts and sunsuits and run outside to enjoy an abundance of cozy activities, whether it’s putting up a playhouse, snacking in the strawberry patch, partaking in a picnic, or napping in a leafy nook. And when the day heats up, who can resist cooling off in a sparkling swimming hole before drying off in a cozy sun-kissed towel. When the sun disappears from the sky, it’s time to gather round the campfire to share stories and marshmallows and fall asleep under the stars.
Eliza Wheeler’s enchanting illustrations capture all the magic of long summer days outside, and readers will feel right at home as they pore over each and every cozy, comforting scene.
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In a quaintly rendered picture book from Wheeler, the animal denizens of Acorn Village fill a summer day with work and play. As opening lines beckon ("Put on your T-shirts, shorts,/ sandals, and caps for a/ Cozy Summer Day"), an ensemble cast of anthropomorphized critters eagerly join in—some tending a garden or picking ripe berries, others painting plein air or building a large city of sand. Idiosyncratic capitalization highlights group activities including a "Super Summer Picnic" with ample lemonade and a "Slow Summer Float" at the Otters' swimming hole, and an alternate font spotlights sensory experiences ("napping in a leafy nook"). Yellow tones brighten animation-style renderings of a Calico Critters–like community, with beavers, hares, owls, and more buzzing about mushroom and treehouse abodes. After a "crackling campfire," the crew bed down beneath the stars, ready to dream about another halcyon day. Amid a welcoming, fully realized world, it's an appealing roundup of sunny day pastimes. Ages 2–5.
