All in a Day (Board Book)

<p><b>A gentle, poetic celebration of everything a single day can hold--perfect for sharing with the youngest readers.</b></p><p>In <i>All in a Day, </i> Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Rylant invites children to slow down and notice the small, meaningful moments that fill a day--from planting a seed and watching it grow to experiencing both joy and disappointment along the way.</p><p>Told in simple, lyrical verse, the story captures the idea that every day is a "perfect piece of time," full of possibilities that won't come again.</p><p>Parents and caregivers are drawn to the book's calm, rhythmic language, which makes it especially well suited for read-alouds and quiet moments. The spare text leaves room for conversation, reflection, and repeat readings--qualities that many readers find both soothing and memorable.</p><p>The book's distinctive cut-paper illustrations by Nikki McClure are a standout feature, using bold shapes and a limited palette to create images that are striking yet easy for young children to follow. Simple scenes of nature--a sprouting seedling, falling rain, a fragile egg--visually reinforce the book's themes of growth, change, and renewal.</p><p>A <i>New York Times </i>bestseller, this beloved board book brings the story's reassuring message into a format perfect for little hands: a reminder that each day offers something new to try, something to learn, and always another chance to begin again.</p>

Publishers Weekly,McClure's (Collect Raindrops) illustrations draw most of the attention here. Using an X-Acto knife and black paper, McClure suggests textures as varied as pea-plant tendrils, falling rain and the softness of a mother's body. "A day is a perfect piece of time/ to live a life,/ to plant a seed," Newbery Medalist Rylant (When I Was Young in the Mountains) begins, as a young farm boy ties one shoelace and a hen pecks at the other. In spreads on alternating blue and yellow backgrounds, the boy waters his garden and gathers eggs, but also picnics, naps and, along with his mother and the hen, stretches out on his back to gaze up at the sky. End-on perspective makes their feet, noses and the hen's body the only topographical features protruding from the curve of the horizon. "Underneath that great big sky/ the earth is all a-spin./ This day will soon be over/ and it won't come back again," Rylant writes. While children aren't usually moved by messages about fleeting time-that's a sentiment adults are likelier to have-they'll enjoy Rylant's rhythms and the tenderness of McClure's images. Ages 4-up. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Book format	Board Book
Fiction/nonfiction	Non-Fiction
Genre	Children's Books
Publication date	May, 2017
Pages	30
Reading level	Preschool
Age range	0 - 3 Years
Subgenre	Family
Series title	No Series
Number in series	0
Edition	1
Publisher	Abrams Appleseed
Original languages	English
Language	English
Educational level	Preschool
Awards won	Newbery Medal
Is collectible	N
Illustrator	Nikki McClure
Recording time	0 min
Retail packaging	Single Piece
Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h)	7.40 x 0.70 x 7.30 in
Assembled product weight	1.15 lb
Bisac subject heading	Juvenile Fiction