Outside, Inside. LeUyen Pham. 2021. 48 pages. [Source: Library]
First sentence: Something strange happened on an unremarkable day just before the season changed. Everybody who was outside...went inside.
Premise/plot: LeUyen Pham's newest picture book tells the story--in a child appropriate manner--of the COVID-19 pandemic, well, the early days of the pandemic. The book was published in January of 2021; and probably written and edited several months prior. Still, even though it was in the "midst" of the pandemic, it ends with hope and promise of better days.
My thoughts: I love, love, love, love, LOVE LeUyan Pham. I do. She's one of my favorite illustrators of all time. She's illustrated so many picture books, early readers, and chapter books that I have just loved, loved, loved. Occasionally, she writes and illustrates a book. Such is the case with her newest. It is a gentle story. It is beautifully written.
Quotes:
“Everyone. Everywhere. All over the world.
Everyone just went inside, shut their doors, and waited.
Well, almost everyone.
Some people needed to be…
...where they needed to be
Outside, the sky was quiet,
but the wind still blew
and the birds kept singing.”
© 2021 Becky Laney of Young Readers
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