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Your Island | Jon Klassen | Board Book | Children's Early Learning Book
Your Island | Jon Klassen | Board Book | Children's Early Learning Book
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A stunning casebound baby board book by international bestseller Jon Klassen! A perfect story for young explorers , kids learning their first words and as a bedtime read-aloud , Your Island is a must-have introduction to reading for a new baby, new parents or to gift at baby showers and birthdays. With familiar objects and a gentle rhythm suited for reading aloud, an island and all its items – a tent, a fire, a boat, a bird – are assembled, ending with bedtime as the sun goes down. This is an island for a young child to have whenever they want to go there. Praise for the series! "A comforting board book about imagination and safe spaces from the legendary author of I Want My Hat Back that creates a charming forest from a handful of familiar objects." Waterstones on Your Forest "Pure delight." The Wall Street Journal Discover more of Your Places : Your Farm Your Forest Collect Your Things : Your Truck
“[Jon Klassen] creates spaces in which children can imagine themselves […] The simplicity of the artwork makes way for the wonderful humour: it’s all in the eyes!”
“Sleepy time pleasure of the inimitable Klassen kind . . . Another whimsical wonder to fuel the imagination and provide pre bedtime pleasure of the empowering, world-creating kind.”
Reading age: 1 year or older
Ideal For: Perfect for 1+ island-dreamers, and Klassen's third little world made just for them.
Details: Board Book | 24 pages | 18.4 × 13.6 × 1.6 cm
About the Creators: Jon Klassen is the creator of the Your Places board book series, including Your Farm , Your Forest , and Your Island, and the Your Things board book series, including Your Truck and Your Horse. He is the author and illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestselling I Want My Hat Back , which won a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor, and its companions This Is Not My Hat , which won a Caldecott Medal and a Kate Greenaway Medal, and We Found a Hat , named a Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of the Year. He is also the creator of The Rock from the Sky and The Skull and the illustrator of Extra Yarn , Sam and Dave Dig a Hole , Triangle , Square , and Circle , all by Mac Barnett. Originally from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Jon Klassen now lives in Los Angeles.
Publication details
- Series
- Your Places
- Published
- 2025
- Publisher
- Walker Books
