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The Big Umbrella

Amazon.com Price:  $10.93 (as of 05/05/2019 07:56 PST- Details)

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“A subtle, deceptively simple book about inclusion, hospitality, and welcoming the ‘other.’” —Kirkus Reviews

“A boundlessly inclusive spirit…This open-ended picture book creates a natural springboard for discussion.” —Booklist

“This sweet extended metaphor uses an umbrella to demonstrate how kindness and inclusion work…A fantastic addition to any library collection, for classroom use or for sharing at home.” —School Library Journal

In the tradition of Alison McGhee’s Someday, beloved illustrator Amy June Bates makes her authorial debut alongside her eleven-year-old daughter with this timely and timeless picture book about acceptance.

By the door there’s an umbrella. It’s big. It’s so big that when it starts to rain there’s room for everyone underneath. It doesn’t matter if you’re tall. Or plaid. Or hairy. It doesn’t matter how many legs you’ve gotten.

Don’t worry that there won’t be enough room under the umbrella. Because there will all the time be room.

Lush illustrations and simple, lyrical text subtly address themes of inclusion and tolerance on this sweet story that accomplished illustrator Amy June Bates cowrote with her daughter, Juniper, even as walking to school together within the rain.


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