The Amazing Idea of You

* “In Lundquist’s clear, airy art, the child grows older, planting new apple trees as a young adult. At last, she picnics with her own children in the orchard she has grown: ‘All around are apples . . . And every last one/ has an idea inside./ Just like you.’”  ~  * Publisher’s Weekly, starred review

“This inspirational picture book bursts with freshness in illustration and text. Deep inside every living thing is the idea that something amazing can emerge—an orchard from an apple seed, a leaping frog from a tadpole, a butterfly from a caterpillar. Beautiful ideas are inside every person as well—perhaps a new song, a colorful painting, or an invention not yet imagined. […]

A gentle yet deliberate reminder of the greatness deep inside every living being.”  ~  School Library Journal

“Opaque, spring-bright colors in the watercolor, pencil, and gouache illustrations… complement the text’s suggested importance of a human connection with nature. … [A] bedtime read-aloud about big ideas and the promise in everyone.”   ~ Kirkus Review