Wake Up, Island

AUTHOR: Mary Casanova
ILLUSTRATOR: Nick Wroblewski

From the Publisher:

Wake up, little one, a soft voice beckons, the world around you is already stirring. As Wake Up, Island gently rouses the sleepy child, it summons a world of nature coming to life on a summer island in the magical North Woods. Sunlit fingers touch the shores, pine trees stretch their limbs, and lichen warms on ancient rock. Doe and fawn rise from their grass bed and pearls of dew bead a spider’s finely woven web. Mallards skim the water’s surface. Ravens perch and gargle greetings, chickadees call dee, dee, dee, and a heron swoops—minnows flee! The moose and her calf wade, munching on plants. The red squirrel chatters. The black bear lazily scratches her back against a tree.

Conjuring the morning life around a cabin fragrant with berry pancakes, this timeless book wakens the child in every reader to the wonders of nature that greet every new day in the charmed world of a northern woodland island.

Leah’s Thoughts:

A gentle, poetic invitation to slow down and notice the world waking up around you. The woodcut illustrations are stunning, and the language is so vivid you can almost smell the pine and hear the loons. It will inspire readers, young and old, to get outside!