When Sunlight Tiptoes
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
Vibrant language and rhythm celebrate the start of a new day in this uplifting poem about a city waking up.
On a beautiful, sunny morning, a family runs errands along a city street. They visit a bakery, flower shop and fruit market. Exuberant in sounds and sights—a baker sugaring tarts, flowers greeting passers-by and pigeons cooing—the story ends as a new day of sparkling possibility begins. Written in pantoum form and illustrated with delightful three-dimensional diorama images that play with light and shadow, When Sunlight Tiptoes is sure to brighten the day of our littlest readers.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A family welcomes the start of a new day when "sunlight tiptoes over our eyes" in this reiterative picture book, composed as a pantoum whose interwoven quatrains appear on successive pages. Lines articulate sensory details as the family experiences the sights, smells, and sounds of their friendly city: "The flowers are out for show,/ and fruits bask in the stands./ Each yellow pop shouts, ‘Hello!'/ We carry sweetness in our hands," Sze writes. Kim casts delicate 3-D dioramas in spring-like hues, showcasing the interracial family's loving care for one another in several images of the sedate trio hugging or holding hands. Scenes turn fantastical when pigeons carry aloft the light-brown-skinned child protagonist, and a concluding moment emanates warmth as the trio relish the sun, the poem having come full circle for a satisfying read. Ages up to 2.
