Someday

Format:

Book

Title:

Someday

Author:

McGhee, Alison, 1960- author

ISBN:

9781481460125

Edition:

First Little Simon edition.

Publication:

New York : Little Simon, 2015.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 x 19 cm

General Note:

On board pages.

Originally published in 2007.

Summary:

A mother reflects on the all the milestones, from walking in a deep wood to holding someone else's hand, that her child will achieve during life.

Subject(s):

Mother and child -- Juvenile fiction.

Imagination -- Juvenile fiction.

Families -- Juvenile fiction.

Genre:

Added Author:

Reynolds, Peter H. (Peter Hamilton), 1961-

Holds:

Available:*

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Alison McGhee and Peter H. Reynolds's #1 New York Times bestselling and beloved story of a mother's love and dreams for her child is now available in a beautiful keepsake edition.

One day I counted your fingers and kissed each one...
Sometimes, when you sleep, I watch you dream, and I dream too--
That someday you will dive into the cool clear water of a lake...
Someday I will watch you brushing your child's hair...
Someday...

A deceptively simple, powerful ode to the potential of love and the potential in life, Someday is the story of what every mother wishes for her child: a chance to live life at its fullest--to experience great joys, to stretch, to grow, to understand sorrow, to have a future...to have a someday. This shimmering, achingly beautiful, and poignant tale--created by two great talents--takes this idea and turns it into something that will touch every reader. Someday , now available in a gorgeous keepsake edition, is a story you'll want to share with a special someone today and every day.

Author Notes

Alison McGhee is the New York Times bestselling author of Someday , as well as Dear Sister , What I Leave Behind , Pablo and Birdy , Where We Are , Maybe a Fox with Kathi Appelt, Firefly Hollow , Little Boy , So Many Days , Star Bright , A Very Brave Witch , Dear Brother , and the Bink and Gollie books. Her other children's books include All Rivers Flow to the Sea , Countdown to Kindergarten , and Snap! . She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Laguna Beach, California. You can visit her at AlisonMcGhee.com.

Peter H. Reynolds is the bestselling author and illustrator of I'm Here , The Dot , and Ish ; and illustrator for the #1 New York Times bestseller Someday by Alison McGhee. He is also the illustrator of Going Places , Little Boy , Charlie and Kiwi , and the Judy Moody series. He lives in Dedham, Massachusetts, where he is co-owner of the Blue Bunny bookstore. Visit Peter at PeterHReynolds.com.

Reviews (4)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 2-A mother speaks to her young daughter of milestones to come in her life, first recalling her infancy ("One day I counted your fingers and kissed each one"), and then contemplating her future ("Someday you will swing high-so high, higher than you ever dared to swing"), her adulthood ("Someday I will watch you brushing your child's hair"), and her old age ("Someday, a long time from now, your own hair will glow silver in the sun. And when that day comes, love, you will remember me"). The pen, ink, and watercolor sketches have the same soft sentimentality as the text. The artist's use of white space and hand-printed letters gives a childlike innocence to the book. However, its greeting-card quality will appeal more to new mothers and gift-givers than to children. Barbara M. Joosse's Mama, Do You Love Me? (Chronicle, 1991) is a better choice for libraries.-Carolyn Janssen, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, OH (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publisher's Weekly Review

One day I counted your fingers and kissed each one," opens McGhee's (A Very Brave Witch) understated yet emotion-charged expression of a mother's love and hopes for her child. Reynolds's (The Dot) spare, wispy pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations depict the narrator and her daughter sharing everyday moments that mark milestones in the girl's maturation: the mother watches snowflakes "melt on your baby skin" and crosses the street as her little one grasps her hand. A transitional spread first reveals the youngster on a tricycle, aided by her mother, and then riding solo on a bicycle ("Then, you were my baby,/ and now you are my child"). Quietly the emotion builds, as the mother thinks of the future in store for her daughter, its joys and sorrows: "Someday I will stand on this porch and watch your arms waving to me until I no longer see you." Here Reynolds depicts the woman, older than she was at the book's start, on the left, gazing forlornly across the white expanse of the spread. The narrative comes full circle, as the parent looks ahead to a day, "a long time from now," when her daughter's own hair will "glow silver in the sun." Handlettering by Reynolds augments the story's deeply personal quality, which will resonate with both new and seasoned mothers. All ages. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Horn Book Review

A mother's lyrical, impressionistic paean to her daughter begins, ""One day I counted your fingers,"" and ends, ""Someday...your own hair will glow silver in the sun. / And...you will remember me."" Some adult readers will be dabbing their eyes--hand-lettered text and loose-lined watercolors frost this sentimental cake--but kids will have a hard time relating. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

Kirkus Review

From a new mother's first moments with her infant to the seasoned perspective of a grandmother in the twilight of her life, McGhee triumphs in her tribute to the steadfast constancy of a mother's love. With a stunning purity of unaffected language, McGhee examines the artless moments that herald the passage of time in a child's life. From snowflakes falling on an unsuspecting infant's upturned face to soaring high and self-propelled on a swing, McGhee's simple text is full of the poignant emotions a parent feels as her child grows and embarks upon his or her own life's path. Just as the simplicity of McGhee's verse serves to underscore the vast depth of emotion expressed, Reynolds renders pen-and-ink watercolor illustrations in the same understated style. Subtle colors and small vignettes convey the intimate tone of the text and the hand lettering done by Reynolds further emphasizes the deeply personal elements of the tale. McGhee's homage to the unbroken bond that connects mothers to their children is a gift to share across generations. (Picture book. All ages) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.