“A little boy had a toy boat. He made it from a can, a cork, a yellow pencil, and some white cloth. The boy loved the boat, and they were never apart.” From that simple beginning grows the most beautiful picture book I’ve encountered all year.Toy Boat is *perfect*. Every single word counts and is exactly the right word. The narrative and the emotion are delicately balanced. Illustrator Loren Long, one of the best of our time, crafts so much life into each spread, Toy Boat is destined to become a classic. …

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