Set off on a magical nature adventure—and let your imagination soar—on a forest walk with the creator of Jabari Jumps. Let’s go, let’s go! Hopping and skipping into the woods behind their house, a trio of kids and their loyal doggy companion head off into the wild world in search of fairies. Their explorations lead them across a babbling brook and through bushes and meadows of fragrant honey snowdrops and bee balm. But where are the fairies? They peer under heavy rocks and peek under fleecy carpets of moss, finding dragonlike salamanders and scampering creepy-crawlies, but no fairies. The adventurers don’t lose hope, though—if they look
very closely and listen hard enough, there’s always magic to be found in the woods! Gaia Cornwall has crafted an enchanting story that celebrates flights of fancy, curiosity, and the wonder to be found in the natural world.
Gaia Cornwall loves to write and illustrate for children. She is the author-illustrator of
Jabari Jumps, which was a Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book and an American Library Association Notable Children’s Book, and its follow-up,
Jabari Tries, as well as
The Best Bed for Me. Gaia Cornwall lives in Connecticut.
This magical story employs lovely language. Like music to the ear, the text dances, fairylike, off the tongue, demanding to be read aloud. Delicate, lush illustrations emphasize nature’s beauty. Different typefaces are incorporated, often set against soft-blue backgrounds.
—Kirkus Reviews
Cornwall keeps her writing simple but descriptive, ripe for reading aloud, and though the children don’t find a fairy (this time), they nonetheless revel in the magic of the natural world.
—Booklist
Have this on hand for an outside trek to remind readers there’s so much more going on in the natural world than meets the eye.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
[A] freewheeling group outing of a work about careful noticing.
—Publishers Weekly
Cornwall’s spare, sensory-rich text honors a child’s perspective, and her digitally colored watercolor, pencil, and collage illustrations embrace the possibility of magic in the natural world. . . . This small-scale adventure celebrates nature and imagination.
—The Horn Book
