One Sky

by Aaron Becker (Author) Aaron Becker (Illustrator)

One Sky
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

Marvel at the sky in this meditative die-cut book, a follow-up to You Are Light and My Favorite Color, from the Caldecott Honor-winning creator of the Journey trilogy. Its dawn begins in darkness.

With hope we greet its light. Within the pages of this elegant book is the entire sky. Lyrical text moves readers through the day, from dawn to dusk, while ink- and die-cut lines resembling stained glass arc across the pages like birds in flight. An encounter with the translucent, jewel-colored panes in this special board book offers a luminous reminder that, no matter the hour or the hue, we all dwell together under one magnificent sky.

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Starred Review
Becker takes readers on a visually striking, poetic journey through the day with the vibrant sky as the backdrop. . . . Between Becker's poetic text, featuring satisfying alliteration ("We wonder at its wildness") and the amazing sense of movement and color, readers are treated to a feast for the ears, eyes, and imagination. Lyrically dazzling, artistically stunning

School Library Journal

PreS-K--Becker's die-cut board books encourage readers to explore the way the pages interact with the light, and in his latest, the text feels more ethereal, very nearly abstract: "The sky grows clear and bright. We wonder at its wildness. We drink its amber beams. With peace we welcome dusk." Young readers will either have whiplash at the speed at which the day passes or this will appeal to their poetic impulses. With the illustrations, the sky is rendered in tissue-paper bleeds, creating stained-glass windows of clouds, sunshine, and stars. VERDICT Where Becker's books are popular, or where experimental picture books do well, this selection will fit right in.--Chance Lee Joyner

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Aaron Becker
Aaron Becker is the best-selling author of the award-winning Journey trilogy, along with several other books for children young and old. His love of travel led him to the city of Granada, Spain, where a rich history of layered civilizations inspired him to write The Tree and the River. To prepare for the story's illustrations, he first constructed a scale model of the book's rolling landscape, which he then slowly transformed with clay and wood over many months. When he's not home with his wife and two daughters, Aaron Becker can be found creating something new in his studio in western Massachusetts.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781536225365
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Candlewick Studio
Publication date
September 06, 2022
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV029000 - Juvenile Fiction | Nature & the Natural World | General
JUV009020 - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Colors
JUV020000 - Juvenile Fiction | Interactive Adventures
Library of Congress categories
Board books
Sky

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