The Art of the Board Book with Jon Klassen

our Farm / Your Forest / Your Island

From the incomparable Jon Klassen, a trio of companion board books for the youngest of children.

This is your sun.
It is coming up for you.
This is your tree.
It can go under the sun.

With a minimal tableau of familiar objects and a gentle rhythm suited for reading aloud, Your Farm, Your Forest, and Your Island focus on safe spaces, comfort, and imagination in different settings. This trio of board book originals signals new ground for Jon Klassen, even as peculiar touches of whimsy stamp these books as iconically his.

Jon Klassen Bio (author):

Jon Klassen is the creator of the #1 New York Times best-selling 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 author and illustrator 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.

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Julia Rothman Bio (moderator):

Julia Rothman is the author and illustrator of many books for children and adults, including most recently Work:Interviews with People Doing Jobs They Love by Shaina Feinberg and The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense by Jon Scieszka. She is the creator of the Anatomy series, as well as other books for adults. In 2017, she cofounded Women Who Draw, an open directory of female-identifying illustrators, artists, and cartoonists. Together, she and Shaina Feinberg write and illustrate the column Scratch in the New York Times, where they interview real people about their jobs. Julia Rothman lives in Brooklyn.

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