Outside In: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

(Hardback)

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A 2020 Caldecott Honor Book

From theNew York Timesbest-selling author behindThe Quiet Bookcomes a mindful contemplation on the many ways nature affects our everyday lives, even when were stuck inside. Five starred reviews!

Perfect for fans of Joyce Sidman and Julie Fogliano, Outside In reminds emerging readers of the ways nature creates and touches our lives in homes, apartments, and cars, and is the perfect homeschooling tool to reflect on the worlds connectedness.

Outside is waiting, the most patient playmate of all. The most generous friend. The most miraculous inventor. This thought-provoking picture book poetically underscores our powerful andenduring connection with nature, not so easily obscured by lives spent indoors.
Rhythmic, powerful language shows us how our world is made and the many ways Outside comes in to help and heal us, and reminds us that we are all part of a much greater universe. Emotive illustrations evoke the beauty, simplicity, and wonder that await us all... outside.

Reviews

"Quietly profounda comforting reminder that Outside will be there for us when were ready."The New York Times Book Review "[M]uch subtler and smarter than all those put-down-your-screen stories kids get hit with, and the atmospheric watercolors on these pages mesmerize. Now,morethan ever, weneedbooks to remind us thatOutside 'beckons with smells, sunbaked, fresh, and mysterious.'"NPR, Best Books of 2020 "[A]love letter to nature....Lushness without sweetnesswild, darkly romantic, and exquisite."Kirkus,STARRED review "This gorgeous celebration of nature is a stirring invitation to play."School Library Journal, STARRED review "A moving reminder that natures beckoning need not go unrequited."Publisher's Weekly, STARRED review "[A]gentle, unpreachy text that conveys the way modern life can be cut off from or blind to nature....Ink and watercolor art is gorgeously luminous....Perfect for an outside storytime, this will also provoke discussion among kids about their own outside/inside differentiations."The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books,STARRED review "[A]lyrical and sensory exploration of the artificial separation between indoors and outdoors....Outside Inis a beguiling, thought-provoking book that thinks outside the box."BookPage, STARRED review "The intersection of outside and inside is creatively explored in this reflection on nature and its gentle persistence and ever-presence....Visible brushstrokes and splashes create texture, reflecting the outsides raw, sensory, and uninhibited beautya beauty that (on the last spread) summons the girl out of her house and into the golden outdoors, reminding readers of the majesty that is always there, waiting just outside."Horn Book Magazine "Lovely, expressionistic art and poetic prose invite readers to contemplate natures mystique and its role in everyday life....Through an evocative mix of aqueous washes and richer, more saturated tones, the color-washed, loose-brushed illustrations capture a sense of natures intrigue, delights, and influence."Booklist

Author Bio

Deborah Underwood has written numerous picture books, including New York Times bestsellers The Quiet Book, The Loud Book, and Here Comes the Easter Cat. She lives in Northern California with her feline muse, Bella. Visit her at www.DeborahUnderwoodBooks.com and on Twitter and Instagram: @underwoodwriter Cindy Derby is an author, illustrator, and puppeteer. She has been a Grand Prize Winner of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Portfolio Award and her debut picture book How to Walk an Ant publishes this spring. She lives in San Francisco, California.