Together with You
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
From the team that brought us Pick a Pine Tree and Pick a Pumpkin, a big-hearted story about the love between grandparent and grandchild takes us through the seasons. For one grandmother and grandchild, keeping dry in spring showers is easy when dashing through the drops side by side. In summer they stay cool with a squirt of the hose, then savor frozen treats in the shade. In autumn, snug in sweaters, they fly a kite while leaning into each other against the wind. And winter finds them nestling under blankets, sipping cocoa and watching the snow quietly fall. Narrated as a kind of love letter from a young child to a grandparent, this picture book pairs Patricia Toht’s safe, tender text with gentle art from Jarvis that meets it at every turn. An ideal gift from grandparent to grandchild (or the other way around), this charming story makes it clear that “no matter the weather, whatever we do, every day’s better together with you.”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Cozy companionship marks Toht's warmhearted tale of a loving intergenerational relationship throughout the year. Dropped off by two adults—one brown-skinned, one pink-skinned—a child cued as biracial extends arms to a white-presenting, gray-haired elder eager to reciprocate the embrace. Rendered in rhyming first-person narration, the child's close observations detail contented awareness of the duo's seasonal activities. In the rainy springtime, "I fasten the snaps of my yellow raincoat. You slip on your green mackintosh"; in the summer heat, "I take a sweet taste of a chilly ice pop; your favorite is cool lemonade." Via jewel tones and layered scenes, Jarvis's loosely rendered digital illustrations depict trust, joy, and gratification, adding loving visuals to this gentle read that soothes like a hug. "For no matter the weather,/ whatever we do,/ every day's better...// together with you." Ages 3–7.
