Silver Buttons

At the same moment that Jodie’s baby brother takes his first step, a city’s worth of moments unfold in a masterful picture book from Bob Graham.

At 9:59 on a Thursday morning, Jodie draws a duck. As her pen hovers in the air, ready to add a silver button to the duck’s boot, her little brother Jonathan pushes to his feet, sways, and takes his first step. At the exact same moment, their mom plays a pennywhistle in the kitchen, a man buys fresh bread at the bakery, a baby is born, a soldier says good-bye to his mom, a granddad and granddaughter play with leaves in the park, a blackbird finds a worm. . . . From an ordinary scene of an apartment strewn with child’s artwork and toys to a bird’s-eye view of a city morning pulsing with life, Bob Graham celebrates a whole world-vision in a single moment, encouraging readers to stop, observe, and savor the world around them.

In acelasi moment in care fratele lui Jodie face primul sau pas, momentele de valoare ale unui oras se desfasoara intr-o carte magistrala ilustrata de la Bob Graham. La 9:59 intr-o joi dimineata, Jodie deseneaza o rata. In timp ce stiloul ei zboara in aer, gata sa adauge un buton argintiu la cizma ratei, fratele ei mic Jonathan se impinge in picioare, se leagana si face primul sau pas.