This is the first book on my list of books to remember when Cybils 2009 open up. This was an absolutely spectacular find at our library. On a whim I grabbed this while passing by the “new books” shelf because my eye had caught the authors name: Cynthia Rylant. She is one of my favorite children’s authors and we have read many of her books here in our house! My personal favorite is her Lighthouse Family series.

I loved this All In A Day from the first page! The story is delightful and the illustrations are perfect. We’ve been paying more attention to the illustrations in books lately. So it was a particularly sweet treat to get to the end of All In A Day and read the small tidbit about the illustrator Nikki McClure! When we realized that most of the pictures were a single piece of cut paper artwork, we traveled back through the book and looked more closely at each illustration. Where we tried seeing not only the wonderful picture but also the connections and the way each part lead to another.

If you have the chance check it out! It is worth the read and the re-read