Miki Sato
1) Windy days
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press Inc
Publication Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Rhyming couplets celebrate windy weather, the sensory experience of wind, and the activities it makes possible from a preschooler's perspective. Mixed-media collage art shows young children engaging in outdoor activities, including scattering milkweed seeds, spinning pinwheels, flying kites, and struggling against a strong wind. A final page includes age-appropriate STEM activities related to wind."-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"Hana is at school, high on the hill, when her village is devastated by a powerful tsunami. When she is finally reunited with her family, she learns that the wave has taken more than she could have ever imagined. To cope with her grief, Hana begins to paint chidori (a thousand birds), to honor those that are lost."-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Publication Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In this poetic picture book, two curious siblings observe the hidden world of a vernal pool: a special kind of puddle habitat that pops up in the spring, dries up by summer, reappears in the fall, freezes over in the winter -- only to come back again in the spring. Linda's buoyant text is nothing short of an anthem for these "now-you-see-me, now-you-don't" wetland habitats, encouraging young naturalists and future water stewards to listen, watch...
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press Inc
Publication Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Rhyming couplets and collage art depict a mother putting her child to sleep, while her beloved toy rabbits come to life to tidy and polish the world for when she wakes up again. Their fantastical activities include painting flowers, stitching clouds, and embroidering the Milky Way."-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Publication Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A beloved toy fox is swept away from his best friend (human girl) Emi and their mountain home. He ends up tattered and alone on a distant shore. Fox is eventually found by a kind old man and given as a gift to his frail granddaughter, Kiko. It is shown, but not necessarily explained, that Kiko has a visual impairment and is recovering from a leg injury. Here in their valley cabin, the fox is lovingly mended with the most exquisite golden thread,...
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"If you go walking, / You might collect berries, / Or pebbles, / Or wildflowers. / I collect questions. Time spent in the outdoors during fall and winter stirs a child's curiosity. In If You Go Walking, a thoughtful thread of questions (How do seeds know not to grow until spring?) invites young readers to explore the world around them with wonder. In nature, questions are everywhere, and answers can be too, if you know the right places to look. Author...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Publication Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
""The shape of the earth is a sphere." So begins The Shape of You, as a mother tells her toddler daughter about the shapes that make up their lives--and the reader is invited into their cosy world. There's the triangle hill their house is on, the square of their kitchen table, the cubes of ice in their drinks... There's also the shape of light (all the colours of the sunset) and the shape of the wind (a scarf flapping). As the shapes transmute from...
9) Sunny days
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press Inc
Publication Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Rhyming couplets celebrate the activities made possible by sunny weather from a preschooler's perspective. Mixed-media collage art shows small children engaging in a range of outdoor activities, including gardening, making mud pies, swimming, observing insects, and picking wildflowers. A final page includes age-appropriate STEM activities related to the sun."-- Provided by publisher.
10) Snow days
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Publication Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Rhyming couplets celebrate the varied aspects of snow from a preschooler's perspective. Mixed-media collage art shows small children engaging in a range of winter activities, including skating, throwing snowballs, and making snow angels. A final page shares age-appropriate information about snow."-- Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Pajama Press
Publication Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A series of statements describe common sensory experiences, including the warmth of the sun, the sight of rainbow-hued bubbles, the smell of grass, and the taste of warm cookies. Meditative in tone, the statements connect the speaker's physical senses to their sense of self. Each spread is illustrated by a different artist. Back matter about mindfulness completes the text."-- Provided by publisher