When I See You

by Brynne Barnes (Author) Brianna McCarthy (Illustrator)

When I See You
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
An imaginative picture book with enchanting verse and whimsical illustrations journeying through the “galaxy” in a pregnant mother’s belly as she prepares to welcome her child into the world.

As an expectant mother anxiously awaits the birth of her child, she envisions the mystical place her baby inhabits, dreaming of a colorful world where they dance, explore, and play. Rejoice in the magic and wonder of welcoming a child into the world while reflecting upon the infinite nature of a mother’s love with this charming story.
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Publishers Weekly

"Where do you come from, little bird,/ like a ticklefeather in flight?// From ancient moons in outer space,/ the deepest part of night?" Affectionately told from a first-person point of view, this yearning picture book features an expecting parent wishing to visit, via red balloon, the "galaxy" where they imagine their future offspring dwells. In a candy-colored palette, McCarthy depicts the two cavorting happily in space, one portrayed as an adult with brown skin who wears a yellow dress, and the other represented as a dancing, standing toddler-age child with skin that resembles a starry night sky. Standard rhyming verse from Barnes, meanwhile, reveals the duo's imagined intergalactic adventures: "We could make snow angels/ in cotton-candy clouds// as we float about/ reading our favorite books out loud." It's a heartfelt ode to awaiting a new arrival that contemplates both shared adventures and the moment when "you won't just be a dream." Ages 4-8. (May)

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Brynne Barnes
Since Brynne Barnes was a child, she was determined to fly; reading and writing has always made her feel like she could. In classrooms all over the country--and the world--she likes to remind young readers that they, too, have wings. Her debut book, Colors of Me is a 2012 Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award winner, a 2012 Friends of American Writers Literary Award winner, and an award-winning finalist in the hardcover fiction category of the 2011 Best Books Awards sponsored by USA Book News. Brynne is also the author of Books Do Not Have Wings and When I See You.

Brianna McCarthy is a mixed media visual communicator working and living in Trinidad and Tobago. She is a self-taught artist and aims to create a new discourse examining issues of beauty, stereotypes, and representation as well as the documenting the process--particularly poignant in an ever smaller digitally connected world. Her form takes shape through masking and performance art, fabric collage, traditional media, and installation pieces.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781665914857
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication date
May 07, 2024
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV013060 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
JUV014000 - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
JUV013040 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | New Baby
Library of Congress categories
Picture books
Stories in rhyme
Mother and child

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