What a Beautiful Morning

Description

Every morning is beautiful when Noah visits his Grandparents. When Grandpa and Noah wake up, they take off singing and hardly stop: walking the dog, splashing through puddles, and eating French toast with cinnamon. But one summer Grandpa seems to have forgotten how to do the things they love. Does he even know who Noah is? Grandma steps in energetically, filling in as best she can. But it is Noah who finds the way back to something he can share with Grandpa. Something musical. Something that makes the morning beautiful again. This is a story about how love helps usfind even what we think is lost.

Arthur A. Levine has published poetry and picture books for young readers including Monday is One Day illustrated by Julian Hector and All the Lights in the Night illustrated by James Ransome. He is also the editor and publisher of many well-known and beloved books for young people including J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. He lives in the New York metropolitan area with his family. Katie Kath is an award-winning illustrator from the rolling hills of North Carolina, and lives with her husband and their cat. She works primarily in watercolour and ink. She cherishes the memory of making music with her own grandparents, sitting at their ancient pianola, and trying to get it to play the torn-up scroll of Don't Bring Lulu."

"Both lovely and deeply empathetic." -Kirkus Reviews "It's a lovely, bittersweet story, and Levine carefully modulates a challenging emotional arc, offering readers just the right measure of hope." -Publishers Weekly "[a] perfect picture book story about how love helps us find even what we think is lost... very highly recommended for family, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book collections for children ages 4 to 8." -Midwest Book Reviews "A comforting, honest resource ideal for little ones confronted by aging relatives."?-Booklist