A Walk in the Woods
Book description
In this moving account of loss, a boy takes a walk in the woods and makes a discovery that changes his understanding of his father.
A week after the funeral
I stare in the morning mirror
Angry that my father’s eyes
Stare back at me.
Confused and distraught after the…
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Why read it?
2 authors picked A Walk in the Woods as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book is a quiet and moving book about the loss of a father, which is also a lovely ode to nature.
It feels even more special knowing that Brian Pinkney finished the final art of this book after his father, Jerry, passed away, mirroring the boy in the story whose father leaves behind a final page in his sketchbook for him to finish.
From Dana's list on picture books about loss when you need a good cry.
I love beautiful picture books, and everything about this one is beautiful: the deep feelings of love, loss, and longing of a son for his father, the healing aspect of the natural world, the carefully-crafted poetic words that express hope through all of that longing, and the dynamic line art that illustrations depict the young main character, forest creatures, and other living things.
A collaboration between poet Nikki Grimes and the late author-illustrator Jerry Pinkney, this book only fully came together after Jerry Pinkney’s unexpected death–and fittingly completed with his son Brian Pinkney’s all-encompassing, abstract swirls that bathe the book…
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