Who Are You?

The natural world reiterates the title’s existential question in this adventuresome yet grounding meditation. As a pale-skinned young figure and their dog explore the wilderness, asked “Who are you?” by the world around them, first-person narration offers guiding declarations from atop a cliff (“I am the horizon/ stretching out before me”), alongside a stream, and the like. When the “howling wind” utters the refrain and a storm pours down, lines acknowledge the possibility of temporary defeat (“I am the trail/ I cannot see”), but moonlight and the comfort of home illuminate further modes of attachment. Earthy-hued colored-pencil-like sketches draw out the prose’s reassuring warmth, with auburn tones evenly backlighting inky nighttime scenes. Keane offers a centering path forward in this portrait of self-discovery through connection. Ages 4–8. (Mar.)