Let's do everything and nothing

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Summary:

Love can feel as vast as a sky full of breathtaking clouds or as gentle as a sparkling, starlit night. It can scale the tallest mountains and reach the deepest depths of the sea. Standing side by side with someone you love, the unimaginable can seem achievable. But not every magical moment is extraordinary. Simply being together is the best journey of all. -- Amazon.

Audience:

Ages 3-6. Roaring Brook Press.

Grades K-1. Roaring Brook Press.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Love -- Juvenile fiction.

Parent and child -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Roaring Brook Press,

Publication Date:

2022

ISBN:

9781250774347

Publication Information:

New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2022.

Call Number:

P KUO

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Summary

Let's Do Everything and Nothing is a lush and lyrical picture book from Julia Kuo celebrating special moments--big and small--shared with a child.

Will you climb a hill with me?
Dive into a lake with me?
Reach the starry sky with me,
and watch the clouds parade?

Love can feel as vast as a sky full of breathtaking clouds or as gentle as a sparkling, starlit night. It can scale the tallest mountains and reach the deepest depths of the sea.

Standing side by side with someone you love, the unimaginable can seem achievable.
But not every magical moment is extraordinary. Simply being together is the best journey of all.

Author Notes

Julia Kuo is a Taiwanese American illustrator who has worked with the New York Times , Google, and Science Friday . Julia has taught illustration courses at Columbia College Chicago and at her alma mater, Washington University in St. Louis. She is the illustrator of Drawing Leaves and Tress: Observing and Sketching the Natural World , Livia Blackburne's I Dream of Popo , Katrina Goldsaito's The Sound of Silence , Roni Schotter's Go, Little Green Truck! , and Melissa Gilbert's Daisy and Josephine as well as 20 Ways to Draw a Dress , 20 Ways to Draw a Cat , and Everyone Eats.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Togetherness is at the heart of this serene book by Kuo, making her solo debut. Framed by a series of single-sentence invitations ("Will you climb a hill with me?") and stated plans ("We'll follow trails on summer nights"), the book pictures an adult and child, cued as of Taiwanese heritage, together experiencing the mundane and the adventurous. Kuo's distinctive digital illustrations, both delicate and bold, pop off the page, relying on a rich palette of coral, cornflower blue, and marigold hues. At first composed of lofty scenes that see the pair ascending a snowy summit and swimming among stingray-filled ocean depths, the story eventually turns domestic, foregrounding bath time and snacks including tea, oranges, and a bag of shrimp chips. As the companions "watch the shadows stretch," and comfortably "do everything and nothing," they enjoy each other's company with a resounding and loving intimacy. Ages 3--6. (Mar.)