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.
★ "[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
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