If You Go Walking
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
If You Go Walking
By (Author) Erin Alladin
Illustrated by Miki Sato
Pajama Press
Pajama Press
25th February 2026
Canada
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Wildlife and habitats
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Gardening
Childrens / Teenage general interest: General knowledge and interesting facts
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Sports and outdoor recreation
Physical Properties
Hardback
32
Width 229mm, Height 254mm
Description
If you go walking,/ You might collect berries,/ Or pebbles,/ Or wildflowers./ I collect questions.
Time spent in the outdoors during Fall and Winter stirs a child's curiosity. In If You Go Walking, a thoughtful thread of questions (How do seeds know not to grow until spring) invites young readers to explore the world around them with wonder. In nature, questions are everywhere, and answers can be too, if you know the right places to look.
Author Erin Alladin invites young readers to think deeply in this lyrical nonfiction text, celebrating children's curiosity about the world around them. Illustrator Miki Sato's textural collage art recreates the wonder of the outdoors in paper, felt, and embroidery silk, creating masterpieces that invite readers to look again and again.
Author Bio
Erin Alladinis an author and freelance editor who has alwaysresisted choosing betweenher passions for ecology and literacy. During her decade working in childrens book publishing, she spent her free hours running a Toronto community permaculture garden. After moving back to her home region of Northern Ontario she co-founded the gardening podcastPlants Always Win.Erinsnonfiction picture books,Wait Like a Seedand the celebratedOutside, You Notice, praise the natural world and kidsinnate ability to learn from it. When Erin isnt taking long walks in nature, she can be found growing vegetables and editing books in a little house near Parry Sound with her wife, aforest full of birds, and (still) not enoughbookshelves. Miki Sato is a Japanese-Canadian illustrator who uses a variety of different textures and materials to create three-dimensional images. Originally from Ottawa, she moved to Toronto to complete her degree in illustration from the Ontario College of Art and Design. Miki has received many honors for her picture books: her book Snow Days was a finalist for the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award, Sunny Days was a 2021 CBC Books Best Book, Windy Days won a Northern Lights Book Award, and While You Sleep was shortlisted for the Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year.Her most recent book is Chidori.
