What the world could make A story of hope

Holly M. McGhee

Book - 2021

Best friends Bunny and Rabbit celebrate the changing seasons and their friendship by making memories playing in the snow, watching lilacs bloom, and romping in the autumn leaves.

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Subjects
Genres
Nature fiction
Picture books
Published
New York : Roaring Brook Press 2021.
Language
English
Main Author
Holly M. McGhee (author)
Other Authors
Pascal Lemaître (illustrator)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Audience
Ages 4 to 8.
ISBN
9781250268112
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Review by Booklist Review

Bunny and Rabbit are friends who experience the wonders of nature over the course of one year. Each season brings gifts the two besties enjoy together: snow that silently falls in winter, lilac blossoms beautifying every spring, delicious sea pickles that arrive in summer, and the ginkgo tree's golden leaves in the fall, providing piles of jumping fun. As they share the seasons and what they have to offer, the two either give a gift to each other or simply delight in the beauty that the sky and the earth bestow. Illustrations, created with pen and ink and Photoshop, depict Rabbit as white and freckled, wearing an orange monogrammed scarf in the winter, while Bunny is spotted and sports a green scarf. Snow-laden spruce trees, lush purple lilacs, and bright green sea pickles fill the pages with color and beauty. An engaging picture book that encourages readers to take time to notice, appreciate, and remember the beauty around us.

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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Best friends Rabbit and Bunny stand transfixed as snow falls, "a wonder--/ winter white flakes a gift from the sky." Rabbit has freckles and an orange scarf, while green-scarved Bunny has soulful eyes. "I wish it would snow forever," says Bunny. "Forever? For always?" Rabbit asks. "No... not exactly." Rabbit understands: "You mean the kind of forever where you remember it even after it ends?" Over the course of a year, the two rejoice in the beauty of the seasons, enjoying each moment's gifts. In the spring, lilacs form abundant blossoms that Bunny weaves into a crown for her friend. In the summer, the pair eat sea pickles by the ocean, and in the autumn, they play in showers of golden gingko leaves before winter snow falls anew. In contrast to the loose style of their earlier collaborations, Lemaître drafts more formally here, rendering great spruces, lilac bowers, and mountains of leaves as a tight, disciplined fretwork of lines against delicately tinted backdrops. Lemaître and McGhee lift up gifts "the world could make" in words that ask little more of readers than to acknowledge the beauty of nature. Ages 4--8. (May)

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Review by Kirkus Book Review

Two lagomorph friends rejoice in the beauteous gifts of the four seasons. Rabbit and Bunny, the former white and the latter white with pale brown splotches, gaze in wonder at a snowfall. The two are just a small part of a wintry double-spread vista of white flakes against a blue background. Green-scarfed Bunny wants the snow to be ingrained in his memory. Red-scarfed Rabbit presents Bunny with a gift--a large snowball that Bunny calls a "gift from the heart [made] from a gift from the sky." Spring brings scented and colorful lilacs, and Bunny fashions a floral crown for Rabbit. It is another "gift from the heart," this one made "from a gift from the earth." Summer arrives and with it, green and salty sea pickles that they call a gift "from the sun and the sea and the sand." Autumn unfolds with a carpet of ginkgo leaves heaped into a pile perfect for play. The two good pals joyfully exult in yet another bounty of the world in this gentle tale of sharing and seasonal splendor. The delicate pen-and-ink illustrations complement the spare text with delicate settings. The two friends go unclothed except for scarves in winter but walk on their hind feet and hold paws; the expressive cants of their ears deftly communicate emotions. (This book was reviewed digitally with 11-by 17-inch double-page spreads viewed at 49.7% of actual size.) Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet. (Picture book. 2-4) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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