Together We Grow
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
Four starred reviews!
From award-winning novelist Susan Vaught comes an “emotionally charged and eloquently rendered” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) picture book that celebrates inclusivity, acceptance, and the importance of rebuilding a community in the wake of disaster.
Lightning gash!
Windy lash!
A storm drives all the farm animals indoors except for a lonely fox family. The barn isn’t their home. But where will they go for safety?
This stunning picture book explores themes of acceptance and belonging:
Large or small,
Short and tall,
There is room,
There is room,
There is room
For us all.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Inviting dialogue about the need for inclusivity, Vaught (Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry) offers a lyrical narrative in concise rhyming couplets that are fleshed out in dramatic mixed-media illustrations by Murphy (The Slowest Book Ever). As dark clouds overtake the sky, farm animals dash toward a barn to take refuge from an impending storm: "Lightning gash!/ Windy lash!" Huddled together, the menagerie (which includes a few critters frogs, raccoons, a snail not usually associated with barn life) looks up apprehensively at a window where a fox appears ("Go away!/ We're full today!"). After one intrepid duckling ventures out into the lashing rain and, in a stirring full-bleed spread, is seen face-to-face with the fox the animals emerge to help usher the vulpine family into their dry sanctuary, where all "Brindle and gray,/ dapple or bay" remain until blue skies return. Murphy makes effective use of shadow and light in pictures that convey the expressive animals' apprehension and eventual change of heart and underscore the importance of trust and acceptance. Ages 4 8.
