Dear Acorn (Love, Oak)Told through poetic letters, this inventive collaboration from Newbery Honor winner Joyce Sidman and two time Caldecott Honor artist Melissa Sweet reveals the everyday conversations between big and little objects in our ecosystem. Delightful! Dear Sky, Hello! It's me, Bubble! I'm here! Someone's breathed me awake! What is it like to be little? What is it like to be big? Award winning poet Joyce Sidman explores both in this lyrical picture book.

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