As the father walks away from the bed, with closed eyes and his coffee cup still held firmly in his hand, the child begins to wake for the day. A bag of trail mix, hiking books, a map, a compass, and a tree seedling are among the items that fill the page, giving us clues about the adventure that the pair will take. The child’s room is filled with nature-themed decorations. Hike, which received a starred review from the Horn Book, opens with a father holding a coffee cup and waking up his child. And I, the happiest of aunts, enjoyed being the audience as she further developed the narrative with every read-through. So, at the age of three, she was able to read to me this gorgeous book that tells the story of cross-generational traditions. Since she loves books, she was eager for me to read it to her and was delighted to see that it was a wordless picturebook. Luckily enough, I was hanging out with my youngest niece when I received Hike by Pete Oswald. Now that I’m living closer to my family, I have the advantage of a built-in picturebook audience in my nieces and nephew.
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