Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet gorgeously illustrates the work of Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Mary Oliver for the first time in picture book form.
Have you heard them singing in the wind, above the final fields? Have you ever been so happy in your life?
Mary Oliver, winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, is one of America's most beloved poets. Introducing her unforgettable words to children for the very first time, her poem "Goldfinches" joyfully observes the power of the natural world as only Mary Oliver can.
Illuminated by the exquisite mixed-media artwork of Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet, Goldfinches fills the reader with wonder for the beauty around them and gratitude for the ability to bear witness to it.
Praise for Goldfinches:
★ "The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet’s tribute to the relationship between goldfinches and thistles finds new life in picture-book form… A superlative union of verse and visual art."—Kirkus, starred review
★ "An essential purchase for young-reader collections that asks, ‘Have you ever been so happy in your life?’"—Booklist, starred review
★ "Sweet vibrantly illuminates an incisive and joyful work from the late poet Oliver in a picture book that takes the feel of a naturalist’s notebook."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
★ “Sweet’s art treats Oliver’s poem with respect but never stuffiness, using vivid yellows, pinks, and blues and occasionally incorporating natural-world materials.”—The Horn Book, starred review
Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet gorgeously illustrates the work of Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Mary Oliver for the first time in picture book form.
Have you heard them singing in the wind, above the final fields? Have you ever been so happy in your life?
Mary Oliver, winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, is one of America's most beloved poets. Introducing her unforgettable words to children for the very first time, her poem "Goldfinches" joyfully observes the power of the natural world as only Mary Oliver can.
Illuminated by the exquisite mixed-media artwork of Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet, Goldfinches fills the reader with wonder for the beauty around them and gratitude for the ability to bear witness to it.
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Praise for Goldfinches:
★ "The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet’s tribute to the relationship between goldfinches and thistles finds new life in picture-book form… A superlative union of verse and visual art."—Kirkus, starred review
★ "An essential purchase for young-reader collections that asks, ‘Have you ever been so happy in your life?’"—Booklist, starred review
★ "Sweet vibrantly illuminates an incisive and joyful work from the late poet Oliver in a picture book that takes the feel of a naturalist’s notebook."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
★ “Sweet’s art treats Oliver’s poem with respect but never stuffiness, using vivid yellows, pinks, and blues and occasionally incorporating natural-world materials.”—The Horn Book, starred review
