Emile and the Field, Kevin Young
Emile and the Field, Kevin Young
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Emile and the Field

Author: Kevin Young

Narrator: Kevin Young

Unabridged: 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2022


Synopsis

In this lyrical picture book from an award-winning poet, adapted for audio, a young boy cherishes a neighborhood field throughout the changing seasons. With charming words, this beautiful story celebrates a child's relationship with nature.

There was a boy
named Emile
who fell
in love with a field.

It was wide
and blue--
and if you could have
seen it
so would've you.

Emile loves the field close to his home--in spring, summer, and fall, when it gives him bees and flowers, blossoms and leaves. But not as much in winter, when he has to share his beautiful, changeable field with other children...and their sleds. This relatable and lyrical ode to one boy's love for his neighborhood field celebrates how spending time in nature allows children to dream, to imagine...and even to share.

About The Author

Kevin Young is the Andrew W. Mellon Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. He is also the poetry editor of the New Yorker and an award-winning poet who has been a National Book Award finalist, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Emile and the Field is his first book for children. Follow him on Twitter at @deardarkness.Chioma Ebinama is a Nigerian American fine artist whose work has exhibited internationally. Her journey as an artist began with children's books; as a kid she learned to draw by copying popular picture book and cartoon characters found in her local library. Emile and the Field is the first picture book that she has illustrated. It's particularly meaningful to her since she's always been enchanted by stories of outdoor adventures but never saw characters that looked like her truly enjoying the outdoors. After traveling all over the world, Chioma currently lives in Athens, Greece, where she enjoys soaking up the sunlight with her little dog, Luna. Follow her on Instagram at  @chiomaaaaaa.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Guilherme on December 21, 2022

Loved the first half; the second, wintery, is less magical, more message-y, pedestrian, and kinda badly written. [URL not allowed]......more

Goodreads review by Tina on May 28, 2022

Spare, poetic text shows us young Emile and the field he loves. We experience the seasons with him, and his dismay at having to share this sacred space with other kids when snow makes the field a perfect spot to sled. Large notions of ownership, the history of place, and the universe are explored th......more

Goodreads review by DiAnne on February 29, 2024

Holt-Delhi library PJ story time 02-28-2024......more

Goodreads review by Amber on December 13, 2021

Thank you for the digital ARC The illustrations are beautiful and capture the emotion of the little boy as well as the simple beauty of a field. The text is also simple but shows how a boy who loves nature learns the importance of sharing his love with others. If people love nature and the field it w......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on March 19, 2022

Lovely watercolor and ink illustrations pay tribute to Mother Nature's splendor throughout the seasons while the text follows a young boy as he spends time in the great outdoors. Emile loves a field near his home, and he isn't interested in sharing it with other youngsters when winter's snow makes i......more


Quotes

★ "[An] exquisite story of one boy’s unfettered delight in nature." —The Horn Book, starred review

"A gentle vision of nature as meaningfully accessible and ample." —Publishers Weekly

"[A] thing of beauty. From its exquisite endpapers, awash with wildflowers, and its sublime first words that evoke lolling in tall blue grasses, it captivates." —The New York Times