Your island
"With a minimal tableau of familiar objects and a gentle rhythm suited for reading aloud, an island and all its items-a tent, a fire,a boat, a bird-are assembled, ending with bedtime as the sun goes down. This is an island for a young child to have whenever they wantto go there. One in a trio of boa...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Somerville, MA :
Candlewick Press,
2025.
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| Summary: | "With a minimal tableau of familiar objects and a gentle rhythm suited for reading aloud, an island and all its items-a tent, a fire,a boat, a bird-are assembled, ending with bedtime as the sun goes down. This is an island for a young child to have whenever they wantto go there. One in a trio of board books focusing on safe spaces, comfort, and imagination, Your Island signals both a departure for Jon Klassen and a story whose peculiar touches of whimsy stamp the book as iconically his."-- Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | On board books. |
| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781536230819 1536230812 |
| Author Notes: | Jon studied animation at Sheridan College. He moved to Los Angeles after graduation and made an animated short with Dan Rodriques, An Eye for Annai. He worked on Neil Gaiman's Coralin and Kung Fu Panda, and was the art director for U2's animated video for I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight." (Bowker Author Biography) |
