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48 pp.
| Chronicle
| May, 2021
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Trade
ISBN 978-1-4521-8270-4
$17.99
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Ebook
ISBN 978-1-4521-8292-6
$11.99
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The child in Harris's pencil illustrations first appears as a bright patch of color within a grayscale cityscape and then emerges into a rainbow world of blooms. The pictures have a rich visual texture, vibrant color, and a naive style, which together imply a child as ostensible artist. This effect is well aligned with the playfully inquisitive text, with rhythm and repetition akin to books by Margaret Wise Brown and Ruth Krauss: "Have you ever seen a flower? I mean
really...seen a flower? I mean way down in the clover with your face down in a flower?" The text's direct address invites viewers and readers not just to see a flower alongside the child but to engage in a multisensory experience of communing with nature. Have you ever seen a book quite like this? Not likely.