Southwest Sunrise
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
From Children's Literature Legacy Award winner Nikki Grimes and highly-acclaimed illustrator Wendell Minor comes a stunning picture book about the beauty of the natural world and finding a new place to call home.
The beauty of the natural world is just waiting to be discovered . . .
When Jayden touches down in New Mexico, he's uncertain how this place could ever be home. But if he takes a walk outside, he just might find something glorious.
Flowers in bright shades . . .
Birds and lizards and turtles, all with a story to tell . . .
Red rock pillars towering in the distance . . .
Turquoise sky as far as the eye can see . . .
Perhaps this place could be home after all.
Gorgeously poetic and visually stunning, this story from acclaimed creators Nikki Grimes and Wendell Minor celebrates the beauty of the Southwest as a young boy sees it for the very first time.
Acclaim for One Last Word
A Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Winner
A New York Times Editor's Choice
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The boy of color who stars in this story begins sitting in a plane seat with his arms crossed and a baseball cap over his eyes. Jayden is moving from New York to New Mexico, and he's not happy about it. But on his first morning there, he sees "a mountain/ striped in rainbow" out of his bedroom window: "Hey! Who put that there?" As he starts to explore, exquisitely drafted spreads by Minor (Hi, I'm Norman) alternate between close-ups desert wildflowers, birds, a tiny lizard and sweeping, light-filled desert landscapes. The boy's resentment begins to thaw: "Where was all this sky in New York City?" Lyrical lines by Grimes (Bedtime for Sweet Creatures) combine poetry (a flower called a wine-cup "spilling its burgundy beauty/ for me to drink up") with exclamations: about red rock pillars, "Daddy should've told me/ this new place has/ its own skyscrapers!" The boy's experience is touched with remarkable wonder and freedom; he walks alone with a guidebook to nature, musing about everything he finds. Grimes and Minor show what braving unexpected change looks like and introduce the idea of making friends with a distinctive landscape. Ages 3 6.
