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“Lightning gash! Windy lash!”
— From Susan Vaught’s Together We Grow, illustrated by Kelly Murphy
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“Where do you go when the sky turns gray —
When the grasses bend and the treetops sway?”
— From Linda Ashman’s When the Storm Comes, illustrated by Taeeun Yoo
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Today, BookPage has a piece I wrote about two new picture books all about sheltering from a storm — Susan Vaught’s Together We Grow (Simon & Schuster, May 2020), illustrated by Kelly Murphy, and Linda Ashman’s When the Storm Comes (Nancy Paulsen Books, May 2020), illustrated by Taeeun Yoo.

That is over here at BookPage’s site, and here today at 7-Imp are some spreads from each book.

Enjoy!

 

From When the Storm Comes:

 

“What do you do when the buoys rock,
When the waves crash hard against the dock?”
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“We play a game by candlelight,
Tell some stories,
Curl up tight.
We listen to the rainfall rush …”
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“We clean things up. / We sweep and rake.
We haul debris. / We mix and bake.”
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From Together We Grow:

 

“Rain and thunder, home asunder.”
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“Careful glances, taking chances.”
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“Frightened faces, strange new places.
Paws in need, beaks to feed.”
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“Go away! We’re full today!”
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“Rain-soaked, lonely. A hope, if only …”
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TOGETHER WE GROW. Text copyright © 2020 by Susan Vaught. Illustrations copyright
© 2020 by Kelly Murphy. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York.

WHEN THE STORM COMES. Text copyright © 2020 by Linda Ashman. Illustrations copyright © 2020 by Taeeun Yoo. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, New York.