Dear Acorn (Love, Oak)
Illustrated by Melissa Sweet, Clarion/HarperCollins, 2025, ISBN: 978035833467
Dear Sky,
Hello, It’s me, Bubble!
I’m here!
Someone breathed me
awake!
As I float up and up
in your dazzling blue—
how I long to be
part of you—
What is it like to be little? What is it like to be big?
Whether it’s a small bubble writing to the enormous sky, or a mighty oak writing to a tiny acorn, these surprising and delightful poems examine how we’re all connected—in both big and small ways. Brilliantly illustrated by Caldecott-Honor-winning artist Melissa Sweet, Dear Acorn (Love Oak) will have readers dreaming up messages of their own to this big, beautiful world.
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Starred reviews, Kirkus & Publisher’s Weekly
“An imaginative and insightful masterpiece of poetic correspondence that invites readers to discover new connections.”
A collage of connected poems . . . that fill the entire book with warmth and rich color.”
—School Library Journal