Everywhere, Wonder

by Matthew Swanson, Robbi Behr (Illustrator)

Overview

“Open your eyes and open your window and let your story out into the world. It is a little gift from you to me.”

In this heartfelt picture book, readers are taken on a stunning journey into the imagination of a young boy—who explores everything from the pyramids of Egypt to a dusty footprint on the moon—and then back out again to the wonderful world right in front of him. From a lost balloon to an endless road, there are stories to discover, to dream about, and to share.

Everywhere, Wonder explores the wonder in the world, while encouraging young minds to discover the extraordinary in the ordinary, and creatively share their stories with others.

An Imprint Book

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250153418
Publisher:	Imprint
Publication date:	02/07/2017
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	48
File size:	135 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

When Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr aren’t making books (Babies Ruin Everything; Everywhere, Wonder; and the Real McCoys series) and raising kids (four, so far, which is probably enough), they run a commercial salmon fishing operation on the Alaskan tundra, where Robbi has spent every summer since she was two years old.

When Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr aren’t making books (Babies Ruin Everything; Everywhere, Wonder; and the Real McCoys series) and raising kids (four, so far, which is probably enough), they run a commercial salmon fishing operation on the Alaskan tundra, where Robbi has spent every summer since she was two years old.

Editorial Reviews

Swanson's fanciful and whimsical exploration of the meeting of imagination and story is strengthened by the jewel-toned colors and sheer scope of Behr's illustrations.” —Kirkus Reviews

"A sweeping exploration of imagination, appreciation, and possibility."—Publishers Weekly

"A tribute to the power of imagination awaiting those who are open to the marvels that surround them." School Library Journal

Babies Ruin Everything:

"Babies Ruin Everything speaks to that older brother or sister, telling them, simply: 'I hear you. This is hard' This is a wonderfully empathetic and funny book that doesn't talk down to older siblings and their real struggles having their world turned upside down. I love my little sister, but if I was still three, I'd probably be trying to sell her to you." —Kate Beaton, author and illustrator of The Princess and the Pony, and the #1 New York Times bestseller Hark! A Vagrant

The Real McCoys:

"This clever, funny, delightful book is just what this crazy world needs. The surprising and inventive interaction between text and illustration shows that two brains are, indeed, better than one—especially when they belong to Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr." —Andrea Beaty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ada Twist Scientist

From the Publisher

2016-12-06
A picture-book call to dream and to create. Swanson's fanciful and whimsical exploration of the meeting of imagination and story is strengthened by the jewel-toned colors and sheer scope of Behr's illustrations. Written in second person, the text encourages the brown-skinned child protagonist—along with readers—to remember and to notice in order to discover ever more stories and go on more flights of the imagination. But it's when the illustrations marry the text, taking readers to such disparate places as the Coral Sea, the near side of the moon, Sheboygan, and Kenya, that the book shines. At times facile, Swanson's words work better when actually showing rather than telling readers that "wonders…are interesting [and] beautiful." It's in the specifics of the wonders described—"a blue balloon that must have slipped from someone's fingers"—and in the buoyant illustrations that this book holds and shares its joy—and that it succeeds. The strongest illustrations are those that play with negative space, as when a polar bear wanders off the ice and into the child's white-walled room, the one blending seamlessly with the other. A journey of the imagination, the book could be of use as a teaching tool to encourage budding writers and creators to notice and imagine stories based on both what they know and what they dream of. Whether this has children writing their own stories or not, its expansive exhortation should definitely get them noticing. (Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews