There Was a Shadow: A Picture Book

From New York Times Best Children’s Book author Bruce Handy, a luminous picture book that invites careful observation of light and shadow in the natural world, as well as in our own emotional landscape.

A New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2024!
A Bookshop.org Best Picture Book of 2024!
A 2025 Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year!

As the sun makes its daily journey across the sky, light comes down to illuminate our world. Moving and dancing along with this li...