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Emile and the Field

Written by: Kevin Young
Narrated by: Kevin Young
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Publisher's Summary

In this lyrical picture book from an award-winning poet, adapted for audio, a young boy cherishes a neighborhood field throughout the changing seasons. With charming words, this beautiful story celebrates a child's relationship with nature.

There was a boy

named Emile

who fell

in love with a field.

It was wide

and blue-

and if you could have

seen it

so would've you.

Emile loves the field close to his home - in spring, summer, and fall, when it gives him bees and flowers, blossoms and leaves. But not as much in winter, when he has to share his beautiful, changeable field with other children...and their sleds. This relatable and lyrical ode to one boy's love for his neighborhood field celebrates how spending time in nature allows children to dream, to imagine...and even to share.

©2022 Kevin Young (P)2022 Listening Library

What the critics say

★ "[An] exquisite story of one boy’s unfettered delight in nature." —The Horn Book, starred review

"A gentle vision of nature as meaningfully accessible and ample." —Publishers Weekly

"[A] thing of beauty. From its exquisite endpapers, awash with wildflowers, and its sublime first words that evoke lolling in tall blue grasses, it captivates." —The New York Times

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