This book is written in a lyrical, almost poetic style, and it’s framed as a message from a parent (or caregiver) to a newborn child.
The text is an adult’s address to a precious baby, beginning with the wonder of holding such a tiny being.
Throughout, colourful artwork captures eye and heart.
In this heartfelt poem of possibility, a parent imagines what the future may hold for the “small slip of a creature./ Barely the length of my forearm” they are cradling.
This book captures a universal human experience.
The book speaks to something almost everyone understands:
the feeling of imagining a future for someone you love.
This makes it powerful not just for children, but for:
parents
grandparents
families welcoming a new baby
It turns a very personal emotion into something shared and readable.
