The Red Tin Box

(Hardback)

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This moving and radiant story of the relationship between a grandmother and granddaughter, and the joy and promise passed down between them, begins one quiet dawn . . .
On the morning of her eighth birthday,
Maude buries a secret
at the foot of a flowering dogwood
and inside it,
a tiny toy elephant,
a marble like a tiger's eye,
a bird's nest with purple string woven through the twigs,
and more.

A special box.
A gift, waiting for the right moment to be opened again.

At once lyrical and profound, this enchantingly illustrated book is a joyful celebration of intergenerational relationships and of the secret treasures of childhood. Young readers and adults will delight in the memories and magic tucked away in the red tin box.

Reviews

"[T]he illustrations hold powerful emotion." -- Booklist
An unforgettable ode to intergenerational bonds." -- Kirkus, starred review

Author Bio

Matthew Burgess is an assistant professor at Brooklyn College and a poet-in-residence in New York City schools through Teachers & Writers Collaborative. His award-winning first children's book,Enormous Smallness: A Story of E. E. Cummings, was a Junior Library Guild selection and an ALA Notable Children's Book. He is also the author ofThe Bear and the Moon.He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Evan Turk is a Robert F. Sibert Medal- and Ezra Jack Keats Award- winning illustrator and author. Originally from Colorado, Evan now lives in Southern California with his husband and two cats.