Agent: Rosemary Stimola, Stimola Literary Studio. The vision of Lydia and her escape is a glorious image of liberation it’s required reading for any kid with a phone. Easily filter fonts based on family, vendor, spacing, height, etc. Fortunately, upon her return, Lydia is able to entice her family outside.
The horse carries Lydia through the flowers, picking up by twos and threes an improbable group of animal friends-a fish, a gorilla, a swan, even a whale-who chorus “hello” and thunder across the fields with them, until Lydia’s cellphone rings and everything comes to a halt. But when her mother tasks Evergreen with. Evergreen the squirrel is afraid of many things: thunder, hawks, and the dark paths of Buckthorn Forest. As an illustrator he has collaborated with many more authors including Gail Carson Levine, Philip C. A picture book by Caldecott medal winner Matt Cordell about a timid squirrel who makes a brave journey to help a relative who is ill. Matthew Cordell is the author and illustrator of many celebrated picture books, including Hello, Neighbor: The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers, and Wolf in the Snow, recipient of the 2018 Caldecott Medal. The outdoor world appears in full color, Cordell’s text becomes hand-lettered, and the action unspools faster and faster. Hardcover Picture Book, February 7, 2023. Led outside by a stray leaf, Lydia discovers trees, bugs, flowers, and a horse who knows her name. “Zap Beep Pow,” chirps her brother’s video game. “Pec Pec Pec,” her father texts in an anonymous LCD font. Lydia’s electronic gadgets fail to charm her one afternoon, and her family members-all drawn in shades of gray-are lost in their own virtual worlds. Cordell (Another Brother) outdoes himself with this silly, loving nose-tweak to digital civilization.
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