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Ray, Mary Lyn

When You Find the Right Rock

48 pp. | Chronicle | September, 2024 | Trade ISBN 9781797214580 $18.99
(2) PS Illustrated by Felicita Sata. This stimulating ode to rocks validates the habits of collectors while offering a gateway to those who have yet to discover rocks' allure. The childlike prose is reminiscent of Ruth Krauss's distinctive style: "Small rocks are to choose which to put in your pocket. Because there's something about a rock that's good to have in a pocket." Mixed-media and collage illustrations elegantly reflect the mood of the text, and a variety of compositions supports described concepts as well as expands more contemplative pages to evoke a sense of wonder. Single pages and double-page spreads of rocky terrains take readers atop mountains, through canyons, along the shore, and down into the sea. The book enthusiastically proclaims that rocks are ideal for counting, stacking, climbing, and standing on and acknowledges that our planet itself is, essentially, a large rock; it concludes by encouraging readers to seek out a special rock to keep and assign some importance to. "Then...if sometimes you wish someone were with you (but no one is), your rock is." Opening with the image of a child and adult out on an errand and closing with that child having secured a rock of their own, this poignant take on rocks could provide enough inspiration to transform an ordinary walk into an expedition full of observation.
Reviewer: Julie Roach | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2024

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