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Emile and the Field

by Kevin Young
Kevin Young
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In this lyrical picture book from an award-winning poet, adapted for audio, a young boy cherishes a neighborhood field throughout the changing seasons. With charming words, this beautiful story celebrates a child's relationship with nature.

There was a boy
named Emile
who fell
in love with a field.
It was wide
and blue—
and if you could have
seen it
so would've you.
Emile loves the field close to his home—in spring, summer, and fall, when it gives him bees and flowers, blossoms and leaves. But not as much in winter, when he has to share his beautiful, changeable field with other children...and their sleds. This relatable and lyrical ode to one boy's love for his neighborhood field celebrates how spending time in nature allows children to dream, to imagine...and even to share.

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  • Release date

    March 15, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780593505885
      • File size: 1771 KB
      • Duration: 00:03:41

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 580
    • Text Difficulty: 2-3

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 14, 2022
      A child forms an intimate connection to a field throughout the changing seasons in this distinctive dual children’s debut from poet Young and artist Ebinama. The story opens amid views of a densely flower-filled field in spring, brown-skinned Emile at its center. Light-infused landscapes proceed to show Emile and his black dog wandering the field, following a bee (“The bumblebees would sing/ to him, never sting”), and then—as time passes—romping among rust-colored autumn leaves and orange grasses. When winter brings snow, Emile despairs of sledders “and other, loud kids/ who rode the face/ of the field without/ Emile’s say-so,” but the experience provides an opportunity for reflection: “if we share.../ and learn to take care,/ it means the field/ will be here/ forever.” Young’s distinguished poetic lines and Ebinama’s gauzy watercolor and ink paintings offer a gentle vision of nature as meaningfully accessible and ample. Ages 4–8.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      In a warm voice filled with wonder, poet Kevin Young (BROWN) reads his ode to finding peace and belonging in nature. Young boy Emile falls in love with a field and chronicles its changing seasons as he spends time there--yellow flowers and bumblebees in spring, snow in winter. Snow, though, "meant Emile had to share the field with sleds and other loud kids who rode the face of the field without Emile's say-so." With gentle wisdom, Emile's father explains that sharing and caring for the field will preserve it, and Emile comes to understand that the "field would not, could not, be bought, or belong to anyone." Young listeners should follow along with the picture book to appreciate the illustrations, and to be inspired to seek out their own magical corners of the natural world. J.M.D. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:580
  • Text Difficulty:2-3

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