#777 of 1001 · September 16, 2022

Mem Fox and @lauren_stringer_artist_author’s Tell Me About Your Day Today creates a warm and gentle atmosphere, as comforting as an old, familiar lullaby. At bedtime, a young boy listens in turn to his three beloved toys as they relate their experiences on a rainy day: Greedy Goose fell from a tree branch, Blue Horse was frightened by thunder, and Fat Rabbit was hung from a clothesline and lost his tail. Fox relates the sweet tale with tender emotion and an irresistible rhythmic refrain. Stringer employs the visual language of the picture book to delineate timeframes—full bleed illustrations show the present, while spot images depict the past. The final pages of the book cleverly reveal that each animal’s vignette in fact represents a section of the boy’s experience. #day #bed #bedtime #animal #animals #goose #horse #rabbit #rain #sleep #book #books #childrensbooks #beautifulbooks #picturebook #picturebooks #childrensbookillustration #childrensliterature #illustration #kidlit #kidsbooks #bookworm #booklover #booklovers #bibliophile #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagrammers #instabook #instabooks