M.H. Clark, illus. by Isabelle Arsenault. Compendium, $18.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-938298-99-8
“The stars belong in the deep night sky/ and the moon belongs there too, / and the winds belong in each place they blow by/ and I belong here with you.” The repeating rhythms of Clark’s (The Man Made of Stars) bedtime verses calm and reassure. The...
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M.H. Clark, illus. by Louise Lockhart. Compendium, $16.95 (48p) ISBN 978-1-943200-14-6
Throughout this book-long tour of what Clark calls the Me Museum (no, not Instagram), children can fill the pages with words and drawings that reflect who they are and the things that are important to them. Accented with bright teals and citrus hues,
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M.H. Clark, illus. by Shahab Shamshirsaz. Compendium (APG, dist.), $16.95 (36p) ISBN 978-1-938298-42-4
An exhausted mother can’t drum up the energy to get up from the couch to play with her daughter. “Oh, sweetie,” the woman says, feet propped up on an ottoman, “I’m too tired. I could really use a little T.L.C.” Puzzled by the acronym, the girl makes
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M.H. Clark, illus. by Lisa Evans. Compendium (APG, dist.), $18.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-938298-61-5
When a pale, angelic boy sees a mysterious light at the edge of the trees, his grandmother tells him that its source is the “man made of stars.” Though no one knows who he is or what he does, “he has lived here always,” she says. Wanting to know the
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M.H. Clark, illus. by Anna Hurley. Compendium, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-946873-41-5
In this tender story, Clark compares powerful emotions to animals. Hurley illustrates in a gentle graphic style, rendering even the fiercer animals with an underlying softness. “On turtle days, I’m quiet./ On turtle days, I’m shy,” Clark writes, as...
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M.H. Clark, illus. by Laura Carlin. Compendium, $18.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-970147-46-9
Poetic language knits together this uplifting picture book, which follows a black-haired, brown-skinned narrator who finds strength in nature and pride in their identity. Sensory and figurative language by Clark, relayed in elegant rhymes, shows how
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M.H. Clark, illus. by Jana Glatt. Compendium, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-946873-84-2
“You’re here and it’s now, so today is the day—so many good things will be coming your way!” begins Clark’s celebratory romp in verse. Glatt’s lively, abstract illustrations feature spreads of a yellow, yolk-like figure in a tassled cone hat...
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