Dear Street
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
A girl shares her love for her neighborhood, and finds that love multiplies. Alice loves her street. But others, “Grumble, grumble, more construction, grumble,” don’t agree. So Alice writes her street a love letter, which she leaves for someone to find. As Alice encounters people grumbling about other things - the park, falling leaves, the snow - she writes those thing love letters, too, and leaves them to be found. Then, one day, when Alice herself is grumbling, she discovers a letter someone else has written to the spring crocuses. And Alice feels the joy she’s been spreading come back to her! A timely message for kids everywhere: showing gratitude changes perspectives and lifts spirits!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A girl's inventive method of celebrating her neighborhood has a domino effect in Zier-Vogel's affectionate picture book debut. Leaning over the flower box outside an upper-story window, pigtailed Alice, portrayed with pink skin, observes the cheerful homes on her street—and one sour-faced neighbor grumbling over repair-related construction delays. The reaction inspires her to write a letter addressed "Dear Street," praising "your tall maple trees and your marigolds that look like pom-poms," which she tucks into the roadworks sign for another neighbor to find. This act launches a campaign of seasonal missives that others discover to their delight. Bonne-Müller's crisply worked acrylic, pencil, and crayon artwork invites lingering explorations of the tree-lined street and neighborhood residents, who are portrayed with varying skin tones and rosy cheeks. An author's note details the book's inspiration. Ages 3–7.
