HOPE LIM
Even the most fleeting moments and exchanges can have an outsized impact on the course of one's life.
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Illustrated by Qin Leng
Candlewick Press May 13, 2025 Out a window, down the street, or across the vast distances ... Sometimes a change in perspective makes all the difference. Every day, a child walking a dog around the block passes a woman seated in her wide front window. What is she doing? What does she see? Days pass, and the two neighbors exchange smiles, nods, and waves. Soon they’re calling out “Hello!” But one day, the child finds the wide window empty and a For Sale sign on the lawn. When the opportunity to look out through, instead of up into, that now-lonely window arrives, the rewards ripple out in heartwarming ways. This wondrous and beautifully illustrated picture-book ode to intergenerational friendship invites readers to reflect on how a different frame of reference can utterly transform the familiar and lead to completely new delights. |
"Leng’s airy, expressive ink-and-watercolor illustrations alternate between panels and full-bleed spreads, employing a range of perspectives to gently guide readers through this well-paced and simply lovely picture book. . . .A quiet celebration of community and writing."
Kirkus
"A story about inspiration and influence."
Publishers Weekly