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The Whole Wide World and Me - by Toni Yuly (Hardcover)

The Whole Wide World and Me - by  Toni Yuly (Hardcover)
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Last Price: 15.99 USD

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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>With bright collage illustrations and a simple, lyrical text, acclaimed author-illustrator Yuly invites readers to celebrate our relationship to the natural world. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A bold, joyful picture book for the very young shows that the natural world is full of wonders -- and each of us is a small part of that.</b> <p/><i>Like a flower in a field . . .</i><br><i>Like a cloud in the sky . . .</i><br><i>So am I.</i> <p/>Just as a pebble is part of a mountain, just as a wave is part of the sea, so, too, is every one of us part of something bigger. With bright collage illustrations and a simple, lyrical text, acclaimed author-illustrator Toni Yuly invites readers to celebrate our relationship to the natural world.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Eye-catching, perspective-shifting illustrations pair beautifully with simple text to embrace a child's world...Bold colors frame but do not overtake the gentle story, and the composition of each spread deserves close attention--Yuly carefully balances white space and color and zooms out from macro focus to wide angle to demonstrate scale and perspective. A story that ends as it begins--colorful, peaceful, and just right for the very youngest naturalists.<br>--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Toni Yuly</b> is the creator of the picture books <i>Thank You, Bees; The Jelly Bean Tree; Cat Nap; Night Owl; </i>and <i>Early Bird. </i>After many years as a librarian, she now dedicates herself to designing, painting, and writing all day. She lives in Bremerton, Washington.

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