#550 of 1001 · February 1, 2022

If you’re troubled by life’s hardships, missing an absent loved one, or anxious about an uncertain future, I recommend sitting and falling under the spell of the gorgeous You Belong Here by M. H. Clark and @isabelle_arsenault. On each page, Clark unfolds stanza after stanza of lyrical verse in common meter (alternating lines of four and three metrical feet), likening the tenderness of human connection to animals at home with each other in biomes around the world. Arsenault’s delicately beautiful illustrations provide soothing imagery of animal and human habitats in soft washes of black, brown, and gray, dotted here and there with bright red. #animal #animals #love #book #books #childrensbooks #beautifulbook #beautifulbooks #beautifulbookcover #beautifulbookcovers #picturebook #picturebooks #picturebookillustration #picturebookillustrations #picturebookart #classicchildrensbooks #childrensbookillustration #childrensliterature #illustration #kidlit #kidsbooks #bookworm #booklover #booklovers #bibliophile #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagrammers #instabook #instabooks