Overview

Here is a book to celebrate firsts. That first magical day of spring, when it seems the whole world is bursting with life. That first time bursting out of your house after being cooped up for SO long. Your first time on the swingset. Your first time seeing a butterfly. Your first time exploring the world with someone you love. From Henrique Coser Moreira comes a wordless ode to joy and discovery that will stir readers young and old. P R A I S E ★ ""Pure joy."" -BookPage(starred) ★ ""All the delights of spring are found within the covers in this charming, wordless picture book."" -School Library Journal (starred) ★ ""Ivan Brunetti by way of Rowboat Watkins, and readers will sense the opportunities waiting just outside their own doors. A joyous adventure, bright and brimming with exuberance."" -Booklist (starred) ★ ""This wordless book celebrates-with abundant style-the arrival of spring. . . playful and exceptionally funny. . . A breath of fresh air, in more ways than one."" -Horn Book (starred) ""A quirky and buoyant romp through spring."" -Kirkus ""Wordless panels mix the whimsical and the mundane in depicting a child's exuberant outdoor exploits on the titular first of May."" -Publishers Weekly

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"""The First Day of May beams with joy and a sense of discovery as it chronicles a little girl's experience of going outside on a spring day... It's a warming experience bound to give young readers a sense of wonder while encouraging them to have their own springtime adventures."" - How To Love Comics ? ""Ivan Brunetti by way of Rowboat Watkins, and readers will sense the opportunities waiting just outside their own doors. A joyous adventure, bright and brimming with exuberance."" - Booklist (starred) [STAR] ""All the delights of spring are found within the covers in this charming, wordless picture book."" - School Library Journal (starred) [STAR] ""Pure joy."" - BookPage"

""The First Day of May beams with joy and a sense of discovery as it chronicles a little girl's experience of going outside on a spring day... It's a warming experience bound to give young readers a sense of wonder while encouraging them to have their own springtime adventures."" - How To Love Comics ? ""Ivan Brunetti by way of Rowboat Watkins, and readers will sense the opportunities waiting just outside their own doors. A joyous adventure, bright and brimming with exuberance."" - Booklist (starred) [STAR] ""All the delights of spring are found within the covers in this charming, wordless picture book."" - School Library Journal (starred) [STAR] ""Pure joy."" - BookPage

"""A quirky and buoyant romp through spring."" - Kirkus ""Wordless panels mix the whimsical and the mundane in depicting a child's exuberant outdoor exploits on the titular first of May."" - Publishers Weekly [STAR] ""This wordless book celebrates--with abundant style--the arrival of spring... playful and exceptionally funny... A breath of fresh air, in more ways than one."" - Horn Book"

"? ""Ivan Brunetti by way of Rowboat Watkins, and readers will sense the opportunities waiting just outside their own doors. A joyous adventure, bright and brimming with exuberance."" - Booklist (starred) [STAR] ""All the delights of spring are found within the covers in this charming, wordless picture book."" - School Library Journal (starred) [STAR] ""Pure joy."" - BookPage"

Author Information

Henrique Coser Moreira was born in the city of Curitiba, Brazil, in 1998. As a child, he was very shy, quiet, and observant, and used to spend his days drawing in the margins of books, notebooks, or on his desk. Today he is an illustrator and graphic designer. His debut book,The First Day of May, won the 4th Serpa International Prize for Picturebooks, was selected for the 57th Illustrators Exhibition at Bologna Children's Book Fair, and received a Special Mention for the Bologna Ragazzi Award (BRAW) in the ""Comics - Early Reader"" category.

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