Marla Frazee Tugs at Your Heartstrings in this Profound Book about Life

A simple and profound meditation on the many wonders of life from two-time Caldecott Honor recipient Marla Frazee.

What things make up a life? Are they big or small, sweet or bitter? Do we take time to remember them?

In every life, there is love and loss, hope and joy, wonder and mystery. With glowing art and spare, powerful text, Caldecott Honor–winning creator Marla Frazee celebrates the moments, feelings, and experiences, both big and small, that make up a life.

* “This book is a meditation on gratitude, full of intricate symbolism…. The overall mood is slow, steady, and soothing. The combination of the spiritual words and the prosaic moments alternating with grand panoramas bestows a magnitude to the minutiae of the everyday. The characters are diverse in every sense of the word, representing a myriad of families and lived experiences. While the book’s brevity is appropriate for a read-aloud, children will want to examine the illustrations closely…. Simultaneously simple and majestic, this benediction of a book is recommended for first purchase.”
– School Library Journal, 1/1/2023

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