These 10 exquisite picture books for children focus on family, friends and nature It s the simple but crucial things that matter in these wise and beautiful picture books for young children. February 20, 2021 11:53am Text size Copy shortlink: I Sang You Down From the Stars, by Tasha Spillett-Sumner, illustrated by Michaela Goade. (Little, Brown, $18.99, ages 4-8. In stores April 6.)
Inniniwak (Cree) and Trinidadian writer Tasha Spillett-Sumner draws on her Native heritage to tell a loving story of a mother and infant. I loved you before I met you, she says. As the baby grows inside of her, the mother gathers significant objects a feather, a pebble, a quilt to give to her child. In January, Michaela Goade, who is Tlingit, became the first Native artist to win the prestigious Caldecott Medal (for We Are Water Protectors ). Her dreamy watercolor and mixed media illustrations for this book swirl and sparkle w