The Spark in You
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
This jubilant picture book filled with powerful affirmations celebrates the beautiful magic that makes each of us special. This is the perfect heartfelt gift for a birthday, graduation or other new beginnings.
There is a spark in you!
The spark in you shines when you smile. It sparkles when you dance. It glimmers and shimmers, zings, and pops! Your spark is festive and joyous and burns brightest when you are authentically being you.
Set against the vibrant backdrop of Carnival, a little girl uses all her creative energy to get ready for the big parade. Through the eyes of this vibrant character, the story celebrates individual expression and creativity as well as the explosion of light, color, and flavor of the festival.
Leaning into her Brazilian heritage, creator Andrea Pippins shares a window into the world of a young girl as she joins in the excitement of the parade. The spare text leaves room for the striking artwork to shine in a powerful display of community, individuality, and spirit.
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Pippins's enthusiastic book takes inspiration from Brazilian Carnival as it celebrates individuals' internal spark. Snappy prose suggests that an inner light is present, and that "whenever you have an idea," it "dances in your smile,/ through your hands, and in your feet." Bold digital art, meanwhile, tells a parallel story of a brown-skinned child creating a costume and attending Carnival. Clad in a homemade mask and wings, the child revels in the festival, accepting a flower from a figure on stilts, donning a beaded necklace, and grooving to a band. In a foldout, individuals of varied abilities, body types, and skin tones joyously parade through the streets, while text speaks of the spark as "magical, moving, flowing, and carefree." Even when the "busy and LOUD" crowd temporarily overwhelms, the spark "is there, glowing as quiet comfort in your heart." DIY mask instructions conclude. Ages 4–8.
