The Island
$38.39
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
30 December 2026
Summary
A powerful and poetic picture book, featuring gorgeous watercolor art, about a child who learns to make peace with their overwhelming emotions.
Sometimes I go to the Island. I never mean to go. I never want to go. But the sky darkens, and the wind rises, and the current pulls me away.
On the Island, a child wanders down dim and winding paths, their emotions churning. Loneliness. Sadness. Fear.
But today on the Island, for the first time, they meet another person. A per…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593900147 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0593900146 |
| Author: | Gideon Sterer, Julia Sarcone-Roach |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 30 December 2026 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 191mm x 254mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Critics Review
“Profound … a soothing, radiant balm for stormy days.” — Publishers Weekly
“Sarcone-Roach’s responsive, resplendent watercolors capture emotion and nature with palpable depth.” — School Library Journal
“Sterer’s reassuring text may well help some young readers learn to face difficult emotions head on.” — Kirkus Reviews
Gideon Sterer
Gideon Sterer grew up in the woods of upstate New York, where his parents owned a wildlife discovery center. Now based in the Hudson Valley, he is the author of many celebrated books for children, including The Christmas Owl, which was a New York Times bestseller, and If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone, an Indie bestseller and an ALA Notable Book.
Julia Sarcone-Roach writes and illustrates picture books. She is the author and illustrator of The Bear Ate Your Sandwich, which won the 2016 Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor and was a New York Times bestseller. Julia grew up in Arlington, Virginia, studied film and animation at the Rhode Island School of Design, and now lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she paints pictures, eats sandwiches, and looks for bears.
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