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The red tin box

Title:

The red tin box

Author:

Burgess, Matthew, author.

Turk, Evan, illustrator.

Summary:

On her eighth birthday Maude buries a red tin box with some special treasures at the foot of a flowering dogwood tree and makes a promise to herself--and many years later she and her granddaughter travel to her childhood home to dig it up and pass it on.

Audience:

Ages 5-8. Chronicle Books LLC.

Grades K-1. Chronicle Books LLC.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Time capsules -- Juvenile fiction.

Grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction.

Grandparent and child -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Turk, Evan,

Publisher:

Chronicle Books LLC,

Publication Date:

2023

ISBN:

9781452179735

Publication Information:

San Francisco : Chronicle Books LLC, 2023.

Call Number:

P BURGESS

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

Like modern-day Miss Rumphius and her promise to make the world a more beautiful place, this luminous story brings the scope of a lifetime into focus for a young reader and fills it with the magic of gifts given and received.

This moving and radiant story of the relationship between a grandmother and granddaughter, and the joy and promise passed down between them, begins one quiet dawn . . .

On the morning of her eighth birthday,

Maude buries a secret

at the foot of a flowering dogwood--

and inside it,

a tiny toy elephant,

a marble like a tiger's eye,

a bird's nest with purple string woven through the twigs,

and more.

A special box.

A gift, waiting for the right moment to be opened again.

At once lyrical and profound, this enchantingly illustrated book is a joyful celebration of intergenerational relationships and of the secret treasures of childhood. Young readers and adults will delight in the memories and magic tucked away in the red tin box.

REASSURING AND MAGICAL: In these unpredictable times, gentle stories have the power to reassure little ones that the most important things in life are still right in our hands. This beautiful book celebrates the enduring themes of family love, connection, and the power of memory with poignancy and care.

CELEBRATES INTERGENERATIONAL SHARING: The warmth between a grandmother and her granddaughter that this luminous picture book depicts serves as a beautiful model of the little moments that form fond memories and build lasting intergenerational relationships.

EVERYONE HAS A TREASURE: The collection of special objects in this story give a grandmother's memories and connection to her granddaughter a physicality that even the youngest readers can use their own senses to understand, reinforcing the deeper meaning and mystery each one contains.

A MEANINGFUL GIFT: With gorgeous, color-drenched illustrations and lyrical text that illuminates a message of enduring love, this picture book makes a wonderful gift for any occasion, from birthdays to holidays, and every day of the year.

Perfect for: Anyone seeking storytime books that celebrate family connection Fans of beautiful and heartfelt picture books like The Giving Tree , One Morning in Maine , and Last Stop on Market Street Gift book for new grandmothers, as part of a wishing well basket for baby shower, a birthday gift to a grandchild, or a classroom resource for diverse kids' books Any occasion that calls for distinctive books that will become treasured keepsakes

Author Notes

Matthew Burgess is an assistant professor at Brooklyn College and a poet-in-residence in New York City schools through Teachers & Writers Collaborative. His award-winning first children's book, Enormous Smallness: A Story of E. E. Cummings , was a Junior Library Guild selection and an ALA Notable Children's Book. He is also the author of The Bear and the Moon. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Evan Turk is a Robert F. Sibert Medal- and Ezra Jack Keats Award- winning illustrator and author. Originally from Colorado, Evan now lives in Southern California with his husband and two cats.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

On her eighth birthday, red-spectacled Maude, portrayed with brown skin, buries a precious red tin box beneath a young dogwood tree, and then makes a promise to herself. Over successive spreads, Turk (Hello, Moon) fast-forwards, painting portraits of Maude maturing: wearing a mortarboard, expecting a child, and welcoming a grandchild, too. But "Maude never forgot the red tin box," even as its specific contents slowly disappear from her recollection. One day, Maude, now silver-haired, is "seized with a feeling." She picks up her granddaughter, Eve, from school; they drive "four towns over," find the house and the dogwood, and start digging. Burgess (Make Meatballs Sing) writes a moving description of the two traveling together; Maude reminiscing, Eve listening wide-eyed. Bold paintings by Turk glow with sunset hues and sweeping forms, but also get close enough to the figures to show their facial expressions--even the tears in their eyes as they bond. In a tale of keepsakes hidden and found, Maude embodies the way that a grandparent's love can offer intimacy, authenticity, and a signpost for staying true to oneself. Ages 3--5. Author's agent: Erica Rand Silverman, Stimola Literary. Illustrator's agent: Brenda Bowen, Book Group. (Apr.)