#884 of 1001 · January 1, 2023

The New Year is here. With it will come new things, new habits, new experiences. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, because of the increasing demand of work projects and family life, in 2023 I will be ending my daily book reviews. But not today, not tomorrow, not any time soon! I have decided that I will conclude with the nice round number one thousand. I hope you will keep reading until then, because I’ve got plenty of exciting books to share along the way! Here is the first of the year… If aliens were arriving and planning to explore our world, what would they need to know? @sophieblackall begins with this powerful guiding question in her sweeping and thought-provoking work If You Come to Earth. The text serves as a primer for extraterrestrial visitors to our planet. A boy in a bright red Phrygian cap introduces facets of natural science and human culture all around the globe. Bodies, emotions, clothing, transportation, animals, plants, and manufactured objects are all examined with simple clarity and warmth as part of our lived experience. Inspired by her travels to Rwanda, India, Bhutan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and other countries, Blackall marries thoughtful text with delicate ink-and-watercolor art to create a simultaneously epic and intimate whole. I wish you a future full of bright hope and possibility in the year to come. #earth #world #planet #nature #human #humans #humanity #book #books #childrensbooks #beautifulbooks #picturebook #picturebooks #picturebookillustration #picturebookillustrations #picturebookart #childrensbookillustration #childrensliterature #illustration #kidlit #kidsbooks #bookworm #booklover #booklovers #bibliophile #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagrammers #instabook #instabooks