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Next to Me

by Daniel Salmieri

Everyday discoveries on the way home

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Everyday discoveries on the way home

A walk from school to home becomes a sequence of nearby pairings: clouds beside an airplane, a slide beside swings, a backhoe beside a hole. The book builds its idea through these observable details, turning an ordinary route and the hours that follow into an invitation to pay attention to what is close at hand. Cut-paper collage illustrations accompany the journey from afternoon toward bedtime, giving the familiar objects a visual role in the act of noticing.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • A read-aloud option for children ages 4–8.
  • For families who enjoy picture books about everyday surroundings and observation.
  • Suitable for a bedtime or after-school reading moment.

Themes

ObservationEveryday surroundingsSchool-to-home routinesBedtime

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Book overview

This joyful and soothing read-aloud, about noticing all the wonderful things around you, is a bedtime gem that's illustrated in gorgeous cut-paper collages by husband-and-wife team Sophia Haas and New York Times Best Illustrated winner Daniel Salmieri.

A walk home from school is an opportunity to observe all the happy details along the way: puffy clouds next to an airplane, the twisty slide next to swinging swings, a backhoe next to a big hole. When you really take the time to observe, there are so many interesting things to see in every moment of every day. What's next to you?

From school to home, afternoon to bedtime, this cheerful book invites children to look closely and with delight at the objects all around them.
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