Sunday
by Marcelo Tolentino
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Pub Date Jan 22 2025 | Archive Date Dec 23 2024
Publisher Spotlight | Blue Dot Kids Press
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Description
Martin and his family spend every Sunday together and every Sunday they have the same routine. Not this Sunday, he decides while everyone else watches TV, cooks, and folds laundry.
Instead, Martin invents a world adventure with his dog, Maize, braving extreme cold alongside penguins on ice caps, facing a dragon, confronting pirate ships, and crossing an arid desert on a camel’s back. When he returns from his travels happy and exhausted, he recounts his magical journey with Grandma, who marvels at his courage and wonders where he will go next.
Sunday reminds readers young and old about the power of imagination, play, and dreams coming true. In a world where screens are the default, Martin’s journey detailed in playful line art with bold colors will encourage kids to make their own discoveries and share their creativity with friends and family.
Perfect for rainy-day reading, this book is also a thoughtful gift for grandparents and little readers who love dogs and new experiences.
Advance Praise
A pale-skinned boy and his dog battle Sunday doldrums with an imagined journey in this meditation on adventure. With domestic distractions occupying family, the protagonist and pup venture forth alone. As their expedition takes them "from the freezing cold of ice caps... to the baking heat of lava flows," each location bears resemblance to household spaces. Tolentino pairs venturing lines with art that embraces matte coloring and a retro etched look, creating immersive spreads that amplify the wonder of the pair's round-the-world jaunt with a hidden-pictures effect. A line of camels traverses a sand dune that, at second glance, takes on the contours of a person's face, and a pirate ship's flag mirrors the shape of laundry hung to dry. When the explorers return home, accounts of their daring provoke a profound realization about the child's boundless future in "the wild unknown." Background characters are portrayed with various skin tones. Ages 3-7. (Jan.)-Publishers Weekly (10/14/24)
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9798989858811 |
| PRICE | $18.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 48 |
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Featured Reviews
Shannon K, Reviewer
This book is really quite simple, but it's still awesome! There were two things that I really enjoyed about this book, and zero things I disliked.
1. The tone/meaning. This book highly encourages little ones to use their imaginations and explore the world around them. The author accurately and beautifully marries these two ideas to make one utterly flawless lesson for the overall book. Even though it isn't mentioned often, the power of adventure and creativity is so, so important. The author of this book definitely recognizes this and teaches it to kids.
2. The illustrations. Wow, wow, WOW! Due to the illustrations, this book is just *bursting* with life. The illustrator definitely found the perfect balance between detail and fun. Nothing was overwhelming, but there was just enough detail within each page spread to maintain the reader's interest and give them a reason to dwell just a bit longer than one normally would. I can't completely express the talent of the illustrator in words, so I will just say this: read it for yourself!
