Dawn
Watch the World Awaken
Age 4+
Picture Storybooks
"The book is a testament to Martin’s immense artistic talents. Truly stunning." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
With gorgeous artwork and a spare text, an award-winning picture-book creator gently celebrates the natural world through the lens of a sunrise.
As the sun slowly rises, many things happen in a small window of time. The world comes alive with the actions of animals, plants, clouds, and sky. A deer drinks, an owl wakes, a dandelion shimmers in the light. A ladybug climbs, a fish jumps, birds call in a chorus. Geese fly away in formation. A flower blooms. Beautifully illustrated with glowing imagery and written with a charming simplicity holding appeal for new readers, Marc Martin’s ode to the slow-blooming beauty of a sunrise and the life that unfolds in its radiance narrows the lens to show the wonder of time passing.
Creators
Marc Martin is an award-winning artist, illustrator, and author. He is the creator of many children’s books, including Masters of Disguise: Camouflaging Creatures and Magnificent Mimics; A Forest; and Everything and Everywhere. His books A River and We Are Starlings were both named best illustrated children’s books of the year by the New York Times. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.
Reviews
Dawn is an artistic picture book readers young and old will enjoy poring over multiple times. This book celebrates the day’s beginning and will compel readers to pause and take time to breathe in the splendor of the natural world and the promise of a new day
Magpie Magazine
A picture book to take your breath away, from an award-winning Melbourne author-illustrator, who uses single-word captions to lyrically carry his evocative images along, from the first blush of dawn to sunrise at the water’s edge.
NZ Listener magazine
