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Forever or a Day


No. of pages 40

Published: 2018

Great for age 3-8 years

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This gorgeous picture book is for any child whos ever asked can we stay longer? Inviting comparisons to All the Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin, I Wish You More by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld, and Love by Matt de la Pea, this celebration of cherished moments with loved ones is at once simple, profound, and truly beautiful. "This contemplative, almost meditative, book makes for a good one-on-one lap-time read with the children in your life for whom you like to give your own time." Kirkus Reviews "Forever or a Day is a timeless beauty." Christian Robinson, New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of Last Stop on Market Street

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 3-5 years.

There are 40 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2018 by Chronicle Books .

Sarah Jacoby grew up wandering the woods outside of Philadelphia. She now draws for many people and places, including the New York Times, and she is the author and illustrator of Forever or a Day . She lives in Philadelphia.

 

"Sarah Jacoby's beautiful book is proof that picture books can cover the most profound subjects in ways that speak to readers of all ages. A rich, moving meditation on an eternally absorbing question, this is a book to keep forever." -- LoveReading4Kids

 

"Forever or a Day offers a series of verbal and pictorial images to evoke the feeling of time passing and the preciousness of every moment." -- Jewish Chronicle

 

"This is a book that plays with the idea of time and how our perception of it is so elusive - an idea that even picture book readers totally get. Many pages wink at one another, with author Sarah Jacoby picking up images from one page and dropping them on another, so a toy train turns into a real train or a dark night sky that becomes cozy when seen through a family's window. But the point of this enchanted debut is that "we've only got what we've got, and our time with each other is the best time!" -- NPR