Your Island

By: Jon Klassen

Published by Candlewick Press (MA), 2025-02-04

<b>"Sure to spark the imagination and brimming with whimsy, this deceptively simple bedtime story makes readers an active participant in the process of constructing an entire little world." --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> (starred review)</b><br> <b><br> From the incomparable Jon Klassen, one in a trio of companion board books for the youngest of children</b><br> <br> <i>This is your sun.</i><br> <i>It is coming up for you.</i><br> <br> <i>This is your palm tree.</i><br> <i>It can go over by the sun.</i><br> <br> With a minimal tableau of familiar objects and a gentle rhythm suited for reading aloud, an island and all its items--a tent, a fire, a boat, a bird--are assembled, ending with bedtime as the sun goes down. This is an island for a young child to have whenever they want to go there. One in a trio of board books focusing on safe spaces, comfort, and imagination, <i>Your Island</i> signals both a departure for Jon Klassen and a story whose peculiar touches of whimsy stamp the book as iconically his.