At the Window
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Spare, layered text and soft, shimmering watercolor illustrations reveal how curiosity—and a change in perspective—can light up the world and forge surprising friendships. Every day, a child walking a dog around the block passes a woman seated in her wide front window. What is she doing? What does she see? Days pass, and the two neighbors exchange smiles, nods, and waves. Soon they’re calling out “Hello!” But one day, the child finds the wide window empty and a For Sale sign on the lawn. When the opportunity to look out through, instead of up into, that now-lonely window arrives, the rewards ripple out in heartwarming ways. This wondrous and beautifully illustrated picture-book ode to intergenerational friendship invites readers to reflect on how a different frame of reference can utterly transform the familiar and lead to completely new delights.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this wistful story by Lim (Mommy's Hometown), a pale-skinned child who walks a dachshund each day describes a regular stopping point: "a house on the corner with a big, wide window." A dark-haired, pink-cheeked woman sits there; a page of vignettes shows her writing, looking outdoors, sipping from a mug. The two begin to wave, nod, and chat. One day, though, the window is empty, and the child experiences surprise and dismay when it remains so. Yet the encounter suggests new possibilities for the youth, who visits the empty house after its yard yields a "for sale" sign. Looking out the writer's window inspires the child to push aside their own home's closed curtains: "now I see what I've been missing." In a story about inspiration and influence, the protagonist's fleeting visits with a kindly adult lead to a new practice, and a new community interaction. Delicate ink and watercolor spreads from Leng (Piper Chen Sings) trace late afternoon shadows, the antics of the child's dog, and twilight that dyes walls pink, echoing the story's yearning notes. Background characters are portrayed with various skin tones. Ages 3–7.
