The beauty of the natural world is viewed through the lens of the relationship between parent and child their closeness is what gives this outdoor experience meaning. With a gentle, misty palette and slender, angular figures, this journey by Oswald ( The Sad Little Fact) follows the duo into the forest, capturing small dramas along the way-fear of crossing a log over a river made easier with an outstretched hand, a snack overlooking a magnificent vista, a final shared task. Then the two are on their way out of town and into the wilderness. The child rubs their eyes, remembers something wonderful, and leaps out of bed to assemble a hat and backpack, sturdy shoes, and a compass and map (a cat assists with the preparations). A brown-skinned father gently nudges his sleeping child as morning sun spills into the darkened room. Nature forms the backdrop of this largely wordless picture book, beginning with the nature motif of a child's chamber. By Grade + Interest - K to 1st By Grade + Interest - 2nd to 3rd By Grade + Interest - 4th to 5th
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