I'm Afraid, Said the Leaf

(Hardback)

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A touching, playful exploration of empathy and interdependency from an acclaimed author and illustrator. I'm afraid, Said the leaf. / You're not alone, Said the tree. But who will comfort a nervous bird, a lonely crab, a lost wolf Where can a horse find warmth, a snail some cheer, a child some rest Through a series of amusing and soothing exchanges, this deceptively simple and profound picture book depicts different pairings to celebrate interconnectedness and underlines the importance of caring for every living organism to ensure a strong and healthy natural world. I'm Afraid, Said the Leaf invites young readers to understand that we all need each other for support and survival - and that we're all stronger together.

Author Bio

DANIELLE DANIEL is an award-winning author and illustrator whose journey into artmaking and book publishing has gone hand in hand with all she has learned - and continues to learn - about her Indigenous ancestry and her relationship with the land. Danielle's picture books include Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox (winner of the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and a Best 100 title at the New York Public Library), Sometimes I Feel Like a River and Once in a Blue Moon. She has also illustrated You Hold Me Up by Monique Gray Smith. The author of two novels - Forever Birchwood for middle-grade readers and Daughters of the Deer for adults, Danielle holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and lives on Manitoulin Island with her family. MATT JAMES has won many prestigious awards, including the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, the New Mexico Book Award, and the Governor General's Award for Illustration. He illustrated When the Moon Comes by Paul Harbridge and The Stone Thrower by Jael Ealey Richardson. His author-illustrator debut, The Funeral, was named a New York Times and New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book, and he is the author-illustrator of the recently published Tadpoles (May 2023). As a child, Matt liked to trace comics and pretend that tennis racquets were guitars - now he lives in Toronto and behaves more like a grown-up.