June 2023 Picture Book Selection | First Editions Club

New York, NY: Balzer + Bray | Harper Collins (June 6, 2023)

First Edition. Signed by Kat Yeh.

New in dust jacket.

An inspiring, gorgeous picture book about how one simple act can be the beginning of real change, and bring hope and connection—from popular author Kat Yeh and award-winning illustrator Isabelle Arsenault.

If you are afraid

just take one breath and hold these words safely within:

Your one little light cannot light the whole sky

but it is enough to begin.

This luminous picture book is a powerful reminder to readers of any age that no matter how dark it may seem, even the smallest glimmer of hope can make a difference.

Kat Yeh is the author of the picture books The Friend Ship, The Magic Brush, and You're Lovable to Me. She is also the author of two middle-grade novels, The Truth About Twinkie Pie and The Way to Bea. Kat currently lives in Philadelphia with her family. You can visit her online at katyeh.com.

Isabelle Arsenault is an internationally renowned children’s book illustrator based in Quebec. Her books include the graphic novels Jane, the Fox and Me and Louis Undercover by Fanny Britt, Spork and Virginia Wolf by Kyo Maclear, Cloth Lullaby by Amy Novesky (BolognaRagazzi Award 2017) and Colette’s Lost Pet. She has won the prestigious Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature three times, and three of her picture books were named as The New York Times’s Best Illustrated Books of the Year. You can visit her online at isabellearsenault.com.