All of Us

(Hardback)

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Acclaimed and award-winning picture book creator Carin Berger shares a moving story of community, empathy, and the power of love.

With a universal message and stunning paper collage art, this striking book is just right for fans of Matt de la Peas Love and Emily Winfield Martins The Wonderful Things You Will Be.

Award-winning illustrator Carin Bergers beautiful and timely picture book celebrates the power of community, family, and most of all, love. Her beautiful collage art and lyrical text offer a message of hope in the face of adversity.

All of Us is ideal for family sharing as well as year-round giving and is for fans of Nancys Tillmans Wherever You Are and Alison McGhees Someday.

Reviews

A delightful meditation on love and community. The prose reads like a song, and the story is simple and universal. ...Useful as a soothing bedtime selection or as a short read-aloud. Perfect for sharing on Valentines Day and every day. School Library Journal Parents and their little ones will love this disarmingly simple poem about the power of love and community to vanquish fear and darkness. ...Bergers message is gorgeously emphasized by collage illustrations that capture the essence of the words. Booklist Berger populates this buoying book with people of all hues, genders, and love configurations. ...An earnest, moving expression of what the world needs nowand what children have always needed: love, sweet love. Kirkus Reviews Illustrations are striking and poignant, combining realistic, fantastical, and metaphorical elements. ...it exudes an almost magical calm. Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Carin Berger is an award-winning designer and illustrator. Her book The Little Yellow Leaf was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; and she is the creator of Finding Spring, All of Us, Good Night! Good Night!, A Perfect Day, Forever Friends, and OK Go, among other titles. She is the illustrator of Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant and Stardines Swim High Across the Sky, both written by Jack Prelutsky. Carin Berger won the Society of Illustrators Founder's Award in 2006. She lives with her family in New York City.